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Mild earthquake recorded off Oman’s coast

Sultan Qaboos University’s Earthquake Monitoring Center has reported a mild earthquake in the Arabian Sea

TAS News Service

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Saturday, October 5, 2024

Muscat: The Sultan Qaboos University Earthquake Monitoring Center has reported a minor earthquake in the Arabian Sea.

The tremor, registering a magnitude of 3.3 on the Richter scale, occurred at 06:55 p.m. local time.

According to the monitoring centre, the earthquake’s epicentre was located approximately 292 kilometres southeast of the city of Haima, at a depth of 32 kilometres beneath the sea surface.

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