May 23, 2009
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Saudi Earthquakes
Thought I would share something interesting with you all since I have
not seen it anywhere on our news yet. Yesterday I received some
information from a missionary concerning new “cluster earthquakes” that
have been going on in Saudi Arabia this past week. The article below
was from a few days ago and at that time there had already been 46
earthquakes in this area! I looked at the earthquake maps for today and
they are still having them… every day, several per day! The Saudi
officials are beginning to wonder if this mountain called “Al Ais”
which was an ancient volcano is beginning to come back to life!
Incidentally, the location of this area is between Medina and the Red
Sea. From what I can gather the location looks like it might be near
the “Great Rift Zone” that extends up into Israel (and Jerusalem in
particular.)Keep Watching!
Bee“Six large earthquakes (ranging from 4.6 and 5.7 in magnitude) took
place in northwestern Saudi Arabia today. This has led to a mandatory
evacuation of the villages around the Al-Ais (El-Eis) volcano, dormant
but perhaps awakening. Some 60,000 people are now sheltering with
friends and family or in apartments and temporary housing provided
through Saudi Civil Defense.
According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the strongest of the
aftershocks measured 5.6 on the Richter scale at 8:10 p.m. yesterday.
Earlier, a Saudi Geological Survey (SGS) statement said: “The magnitude
of the earthquake has been rising notably from 3 to 4.81 on the Richter
scale with a total of 46 earthquakes recorded between 2 p.m. Monday and
2 p.m. today. The strongest tremor occurred 7.7 km beneath Harrah
Al-Shaqah and its adjoining villages.” Aftershocks were felt in Umlaj,
Wajh and Ula.
An SGS team that is conducting an aerial survey of the quake-hit area
found a large crack in the earth and opened a quake detection station
at Harrah Al-Shaqah.”
Read the rest here:http://xrdarabia.org/2009/05/19/saudi-earthquake-activity-rises/
