3.5 magnitude earthquake hits northeastern Kuwait

Written By ندى ماهر عبدربه on 2024/08/21

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Arab Weather - The Kuwaiti National Seismic Monitoring Network announced today, Wednesday, that an earthquake measuring <strong>3.5 on the Richter scale</strong> was recorded northeast of Kuwait.<br /><br /> According to the network, the earthquake occurred at 04:46 pm Kuwait time, at a depth of 6 kilometers underground.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> You may also like:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D... Observatory</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> 2.2 Richter magnitude aftershock</h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The network explained that approximately two hours later, an aftershock was also detected in the same location, with a magnitude of 2.2 on the Richter scale, and at the same depth, and no material damage was detected as a result of the earthquake.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> See also:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%AF%... | Seismic Observatory reveals why Jordanians feel Syrian earthquakes</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%... resorts to cutting off electricity again, and the reason is...</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><hr /><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Sources:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Websites</p>

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