ISTANBUL: A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck the Arabian Sea on Friday about 198 kilometres (123 miles) southwest of Salalah in southern Oman, according to the Saudi Geological Survey, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported.
In a statement on the US social media platform X, the survey said the quake was recorded at 3.01 pm local time by stations of the Kingdom’s National Seismic Network.
It said the epicentre was located in the Arabian Sea about 198 kilometres southwest of Salalah, the capital of Oman’s Dhofar Governorate.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
According to the Earthquake Monitoring Centre at Oman’s Sultan Qaboos University, seismic activity in the Arabian Sea is associated with the Owen Fracture Zone, a transform fault separating the Arabian and Indian tectonic plates where moderate earthquakes are common.
The centre added that seismic activity south of Oman is also concentrated near the Gulf of Aden because of fault systems linked to the gulf’s opening and the movement of tectonic plates. – BERNAMA-ANADOLU
