UAE: NCM says small earthquake hits country’s border with Oman – News

Tremor detected in Al Fayy area

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A 2.1-magnitude earthquake was detected in the Al Fayy region of the UAE late Wednesday night, according to a bulletin issued by the National Center of Meteorology (NCM).

Authorities added that a minor earthquake was recorded at the UAE-Oman border at 11:29 p.m.

Experts had earlier said there was no reason for UAE residents to fear an earthquake.

“Seismic activity in the UAE is low to moderate; therefore we are safe. We are not on an active seismic zone,” Khalifa Al Ebri, head of NCM’s seismology department, said in a report Earlier harrij times Report.

“We regularly have two or three earthquakes a year. People don’t feel most of them, they’re just detected by sensors. All of them don’t affect buildings or infrastructure (in the country).”