{"id":722,"date":"2017-10-18T11:32:19","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T11:32:19","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-10-18T11:32:19","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T11:32:19","slug":"an-earthquake-took-place-in-the-middle-of-the-read-sea-near-jeddah-on-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/news\/an-earthquake-took-place-in-the-middle-of-the-read-sea-near-jeddah-on-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"An EARTHQUAKE Took Place In The Middle Of The Red Sea Near Jeddah On Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"
It’s pretty shocking, but fret not, thankfully it occured away from\u00a0Jeddah but nearby. An earthquake, reportedly, hit the centre of the Red Sea on\u00a0Tuesday just 91 kilometres from Jeddah, according to the\u00a0Saudi Geological Survey (SGS).<\/p>\n
\nThis (Tuesday) morning, there was a tremor in the middle of the Red Sea, 91 km from Jeddah, 3 degrees on the Richter scale, and the quake is at a depth of 20.88 km<\/p>\n
Official Spokesman, SGS via Twitter <\/cite>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Spokesman of the Saudi Geological Survey added that earthquake wasn’t felt by any of the cities nearby as it was a weak one<\/h3>\n
The spokesman is also reassuring residents and citizens that the seismic situation in the Kingdom is stable.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There are measures developed by the authorities that will know how to cope with future earthquakes…<\/h3>\n