- ARAB NEWS
- 25 Apr 2024
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A 4.1-magnitude earthquake hit Oman’s Duqm region at 7:55 local time on Sunday, the Earthquake Monitoring Centre at Sultan Qaboos University reported.
Police received calls from citizens about tremors in the area, but no injuries or damages were reported.
The center said the alert level for the capital, Muscat, and the rest of the sultanate was zero, but added that the direct impact on buildings will differe depneding on their infrustructure.
Oman’s earthquake hazard is classified as medium with a 10 percent chance of potentially-damaging earthquake in the next 50 years, according to impacts of disasters and hazards website, ThinkHazard.
