Magnitude 5 earthquake strikes Kuwait

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An earthquake of magnitude 5 struck Kuwait, the ministry of information tweeted on Saturday.

The ministry said “the Kuwait National Seismic Network recorded an earthquake measuring 5 … southwest of al-Ahmadi, and it occurred at exactly 04:28:02 a.m. Kuwait time (0128 GMT), at a depth of 5 km (3 miles)”.

Kuwait’s Fire Force also said that there was no damage as a result of the earthquake.

Meanwhile, the Kuwait Oil Company confirmed that its facilities for operating oil and gas production facilities were not affected by the earthquake that shook southwest Ahmadi, noting that oil and gas production was currently proceeding normally.

The company said in a press statement that all oil facilities are equipped with sensors that operate automatically when exposed to any earthquake as a precautionary measure and in accordance with the safety regulations adopted by the company, which led to its suspension for a short period as a precautionary measure and all of them returned to work normally after taking all precautionary measures.

Magnitude 5 earthquake hits al-Ahmadi governorate in Kuwait

An earthquake measuring five on the Richter Scale hit southwest of al-Ahmadi Governorate South of the capital Kuwait City, this morning. The earthquake did not cause any losses.

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Information tweeted on its official website that the Kuwait National Seismic Network: part of the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research recorded that the earthquake occurred at 28 minutes past four in the morning, and it struck five kilometers below the ground.

Major Redha al-Salman in the Kuwait Fire Force stated that no damage or loss of life was caused by the earthquake.

Kuwait recorded another earthquake at the end of 2020 measuring 4.4 on the Richter Scale, in the area of al-Manaqish, southwest of the country.

(QNA)


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