The Holy City of Madinah experienced a 2.5 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday, engineer Hani Zahran of the Saudi Geological Society told Arab News.
The center of the earthquake was 14km north-west of Madinah at a depth of 7 kilometers below the surface.
City officials confirmed that there were no reports of damage from the earthquake.
Tariq Aba Al-Khail, a spokesman for the General Authority for Meteorology and Environmental Protection, said that the tremor was "weak and not dangerous", noting that small tremors occur often in the Kingdom.
Source:Arabnews
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