List of earthquakes in Saudi Arabia

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 beyond the circum-Arabian Plate.

Date	Region	Mag.	MMI	Deaths	Injuries	Comments
2009-05-19	Al Madinah	5.7 Mw			7	Landslides	[1]
2009-05-17	Umluj	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
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

See also

• Geology of Saudi Arabia

References

1. "M5.7 – western Saudi Arabia". United States Geological Survey.
2. "M4.6 – western Saudi Arabia". United States Geological Survey.
3. "M4.6 – western Saudi Arabia". United States Geological Survey.
4. NGDC 1972

Sources

• NGDC (1972), Significant Earthquake Information, National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K