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Quake's epicentre located near Qeshm
The jolts that shook Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah and some other parts of the emirates on Wednesday were caused by a powerful earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale that struck the south-west part of the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas.
- By Aftab Kazmi, Bureau Chief
- Published: 23:39 September 10, 2008
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- The epicentre of the quake was 43 kilometres west of the Qeshm Island in the Arabian Gulf and some 135 kilometres north of Ras Al Khaimah.
Al Ain: The jolts that shook Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah and some other parts of the emirates on Wednesday were caused by a powerful earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale that struck the south-west part of the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas.
The epicentre of the quake was 43 kilometres west of the Qeshm Island in the Arabian Gulf and some 135 kilometres north of Ras Al Khaimah.
According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, the depth of the quake was some 50 kilometres below the earth. However, there are conflicting reports on the power and depth of the quake.
The International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology of Iran said that the quake measured 5.7 and struck some 14 kilometres inside the earth. The US Geological Survey has reported the quake's magnitude as 6.1 that occurred around 55 kilometres under the ground.
Another quake hit the same area some 30 minutes after the first tremor. This had a magnitude of 4.9 and geologists described it as an aftershock of the previous one.
According to the US Geological Survey, the epicentre was located 31 kilometres to the west of Qishm Island and at a depth of 30 kilometres.
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