A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Farasān in Saudi Arabia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 29/07/25 / 2025-07-29 11:31:04 / July 29, 2025 @ 11:31 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qvx4. Id of event: us6000qvx4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 41.2689 East, latitude 16.4132 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 11:31:04 / 11:31 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Farasān (c. 10 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Saudi Arabia (c. 25 732 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Farasān.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 96 km WSW of Farasān, Saudi Arabia.
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