Mild earthquake in Fujairah

A tremor measuring 2.2 Richter scale jolted Fujairah and Masafi area on Monday afternoon.

The earthquake, which was felt by some inhabitants in Massafi district, did not cause any losses.

Engineer Mohammad Mashroum, Director of the Survey Department in Dubai Municipality, said that earthquake took place in a well known seismic active area, which caused small earthquakes in November 2002, March and September 2007, and February 2008.

The area is located in the mountainous area in extension to the mountains’ range of North Oman. Such tremors were attributed to the tectonic activities and stresses that accumulate from quarry blasts near this region.