Earthquakes in Saudi Arabia are infrequent and usually occur in the western portion of the country near the Red Sea or the Gulf of Aqaba.
Date | Region | Mag. | MMI | Deaths | Injuries | Comments | ||
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2009-05-19 | Al Madinah | 5.7 Mw | 7 | Landslides | [1] | |||
2009-05-17 | Umm Lajj | 4.6 Mb | Homes damaged or destroyed | [2] | ||||
2004-06-09 | Tabuk Region | 4.6 ML | Minor damage | [3] | ||||
1995-11-22 | Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan | 7.3 Mw | VIII | 9–12 | 30–69 | Moderate damage / tsunami | ||
1072 | Yemen, Saudi Arabia | VIII | 50 | Moderate damage | [4] | |||
1068-03-18 | Ramla, Jerusalem, Tabuk | ≥ 7.0 | IX | ~ 20,000 | Extreme damage | |||
551-07-09 | Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia | 7.5 Mw | IX | 30,000+ | Tsunami | |||
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Earthquakes are caused by movements within the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle. They range from events too weak to be detectable except by sensitive instrumentation, to sudden and violent events lasting many minutes which have caused some of the greatest disasters in human history. Below, earthquakes are listed by period, region or country, year, magnitude, cost, fatalities and number of scientific studies.
The 1941 Sa'dah earthquake or the Jabal Razih earthquake occurred on January 11 in Razih District of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen. The earthquake had a surface-wave magnitude of 5.8–6.5 and a shallow focal depth. Despite the moderate size of this earthquake, an estimated 1,200 people perished and at least 200 injured. With a maximum MSK-64 intensity assigned at VIII, it destroyed many villages and collapsed homes in the region of North Yemen.
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