The devastating series of earthquakes that rocked Turkey left the entire world shaken. With the mounting casualties and destructions that left thousands homeless, people are still reeling from its effects even now. However, while people are still recovering from this shocking natural disaster, on Sunday, people in Oman woke up to an earthquake of 4.1 magnitudes. Details are as follows.
4.1 Magnitude Earthquake In Oman
After Turkey, people in Oman woke up to slight tremors on Sunday, the 19th of February. While the magnitude of the earthquake was recorded at 4.1, people woke to slight tremors. The Earthquake Monitoring Centre at Sultan Qaboos University reported that an earthquake of 4.1 magnitudes hit the Duqm Region in Oman at 7:55 am. While police did receive calls from citizens, no injuries or damages were reported.
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Strong Enough To Shake Crockeries
As it happens, Sultan Qaboos University’s Earthquake Monitoring Centre said that the tremor was detected 450 kilometres southwest of Muscat. As it happens, according to The National, people living in the Duqm Region admitted that the tremors they felt were strong enough to leave crockeries and glasses shaking. Although tremors lying between 3.5 to 5.5 magnitude can be felt, they’re rarely damaging! However, seismic activities measuring under 3.5 are generally not felt.
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Medium Earthquake Hazard In Oman
It’s worth noting that the Earthquake Monitoring Centre said that the alert level for the capital, Muscat and the rest of the country was zero. However, the direct impact on buildings will differ as the same will depend on their infrastructure. Additionally, Oman’s earthquake hazard has been classified as medium. This means there’s a 10 per cent chance that a potentially damaging earthquake can hit in the next 50 years. As such, this has been reported by the impacts of disasters and hazards website, ThinkHazard.
The devastating earthquakes that hit Syria and Turkey recently have killed more than 46,000. As several thousand buildings collapsed, many people have been left homeless, making rescue operations and survival particularly difficult under extreme conditions.
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