MUSCAT: Residents living in Muscat felt a minor tremor on Sunday afternoon and many ran out of their buildings in fear.
A mild earthquake measuring 2.5 (ml) on the Richter scale was recorded in Muscat Governorate, at 2:43 pm on Sunday, according to the Sultan Qaboos University Earthquake Monitoring Center.
The quake’s epicenter was located approximately 3 kilometers south of Muscat. Although the tremor was felt in parts of Muscat, no damages or injuries have been reported.
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“I felt the shake and we just ran out of our building,” said Prince Gopalakrishnan, an expat resident living in Al Wadi Al Kabir.
