Arab News

A magnitude 4 earthquake hit the Arabian Gulf off Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province in the early hours of Friday morning.

The Saudi Geological Survey recorded the tremor at its seismic stations and pinpointed the quake 55 km east of the city of Jubail, a spokesperson told Arab News.

Stress caused by movement of the Arabian tectonic plate and its collision with the Eurasian plate were determined to be the cause.

The spokesperson said the quake was considered minor and that the situation in the Kingdom was safe.