Kuwait Far From Dangerous Seismic Belts

  • 15/11/2020

Kuwait City : As per reports, Kuwait has witnessed earthquakes of strength ranging between 1.6 and 4.6 magnitude on the Richter Scale in different regions on past two weeks.  The head of the operations center of the Kuwait Fire Services Directorate, expert in crisis and disaster management in the disaster assessment and coordination team of the United Nations Lieutenant Colonel Dr.Mishari Al-Faras explained Kuwait's distance from the dangerous seismic belts. 
                       He reassured the country's residents that Kuwait's geographical location does not pass through seismic belts or what is called the tectonic plate convergence lines, and pointed out that the scientific research has indicated that earthquakes that occur inside Kuwait are the result of oil extraction and the associated pumping of water into underground instead of oil and other factors, which leads to fractures in the rocks in the ground, thus residents may feel it from time to time, depending on the force emerging from the fracture or earthquake. He also added that "It is noticeable that the strength of all the earthquakes that were felt in Kuwait did not exceed 4.8 magnitude and it is difficult to have a clear effect, but there is a possibility of earthquakes greater than 5 magnitude and this requires more studies and scientific research." 

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