MADINAH, Saudi Arabia: The Holy City of Madinah experienced a 2.5 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday, engineer Hani Zahran of the Saudi Geological Society told Arab News.
The center of the earthquake was 14km north-west of Madinah at a depth of 7 kilometers below the surface.
City officials confirmed that there were no reports of damage from the earthquake.
A tweet from the Saudi Geological Survey:
Tariq Aba Al-Khail, a spokesman for the General Authority for Meteorology and Environmental Protection, said that the tremor was "weak and not dangerous", noting that small tremors occur often in the Kingdom.
The center of the earthquake was 14km north-west of Madinah at a depth of 7 kilometers below the surface.
City officials confirmed that there were no reports of damage from the earthquake.
A tweet from the Saudi Geological Survey:
سجلت محطات الرصد الزلزالي التابعة للهيئة هزة أرضية ظهر اليوم 29 ربيع الآخر 1439 هـ الموافق 16 يناير 2018 م الساعة الثانية وتسع وخمسون دقيقة بالتوقيت المحلي بقوة 2.5 درجة على مقياس ريختر وتبعد مسافة 14 كم شمال غرب المدينة المنورة، وتم الشعور بالهزة في المناطق القريبة من الهزة.
— هيئة المساحة الجيولوجية السعودية (@SgsOrgSa) January 16, 2018
Tariq Aba Al-Khail, a spokesman for the General Authority for Meteorology and Environmental Protection, said that the tremor was "weak and not dangerous", noting that small tremors occur often in the Kingdom.
