Last Night’s Earthquake Tremors Were Felt By Several Residents In The UAE
An earthquake took place in the South of Iran last night that reached a magnitude of 5.5. Since the southern parts of Iran are near the United Arab Emirates (UAE), residents in Deira, Ajman and Tecom reported having felt tremors of the earthquake on Sunday night.
The earthquake took place in Bandar Abbas, and was recorded on the Richter scale with a 5.7 magnitude that took place at around 430pm UAE time. Although felt by residents, local reports state that it was without any effect.
The earthquake in Iran was said to take place at 430pm UAE time
A 5.7 Magnitude Earthquake on Richter scale is recorded in South of Iran at 16:30, 2020-02-16 "UAE time” According to the NCM “National Seismic Network, Slightly felt by residents without any effect.
— المركز الوطني للأرصاد (@ncmuae) February 16, 2020
“Did anyone feel it?”
Earthquake in UAE? Does anyone felt it? #earthquake
— ~Fahad~ (@fahadkhan_India) February 16, 2020
Some people felt the tremors while at their workplace
I suddenly felt dizzy and lost balance in the office today , apparently there was an earthquake !! pic.twitter.com/br3Aj0tyaE
— farah ibrahim🍉 (@farrahemad) February 16, 2020
Some Sharjah residents too
i felt an earthquake here in Sharjah..😲#EarthquakeUAE
— nanz (@NanzRed) February 16, 2020
But others, not so much
https://twitter.com/prenseszevk/status/1229041770761158658?s=20
