Small Earthquake Strikes Eastern Saudi Arabia

Asharq Al-Awsat

11-06-2025

A 3.35 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail, said the Saudi Geological Survey on Tuesday.
In remarks to local television, Tariq Mansoob, head of the detection center at the survey, said six earthquakes were detected in the Kingdom from March and April.
They were all between the 3.5 and 4.5 range, he added.
The latest quake, which struck at 5:12 pm on Tuesday, has no impact on the Kingdom, he stated.
Activity along the Arabian and Eurasian plates along the Zagros and Makran mountains in Iran and Pakistan led to the quakes, he explained.
The pressure created by this activity resulted in the tremors, he went on to say.
Small quakes are a 'good sign,' Mansoob said, because if the pressure continues to build without release, it would have eventually erupt in a major potentially devastating quake.
He reassured the public that the small tremors were not a cause for concern and that the larger ones had taken place closer to Iranian shores.