UAE not affected by new Iran quake

The UAE was not affected by the earthquake of 5.5 magnitude on the Richter scale, which hit southern Iran, 207 km northeast of Ras Al Khaimah, this afternoon, the National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) has reported.

Measuring 3 on the Mercalli intensity scale, the quake occurred at 2.03pm at a depth of 29km, it said.