An earthquake of 3.35 magnitude strikes the Arabian Gulf east of Jubail.

The Saudi Geological Survey detected an earthquake in the Arabian Gulf on Tuesday, June 10, measuring 3.35 on the Richter scale. The earthquake occurred 85 kilometers east of Jubail city in the Eastern region of the Kingdom.

Engineer Tariq Mansoub, the monitoring center director at the Survey, explained in a statement to "Al-Ekhbariya" channel that the earthquake, recorded at 5:12 pm, was weaker than previous earthquakes in the region, confirming that it "has no impact on the Kingdom."

Mansoub pointed out that the Survey recorded 6 earthquakes during the past months of March and April, ranging from 3.5 to 4.5 on the Richter scale, indicating that these earthquakes result from the continuous movement of the Arabian plate colliding with the Eurasian plate along the Zagros and Makran mountains in Iran and Pakistan.

He added, "This movement causes stress accumulation in the Earth's crust, leading to its release in the form of scattered earthquakes," noting that "it is by God's grace that these earthquakes occur at close intervals and with a low seismic magnitude (less than 5), reducing the likelihood of a major earthquake."

He mentioned that "these earthquakes are considered weak and work to release the stored energy in the Earth's crust," citing the Survey's seismic record which did not register any major earthquakes near the Saudi coasts in the past ten years, with most of them occurring near the Iranian coasts.

It is worth noting that the Survey had announced on April 22 the detection of an earthquake in the same region with a magnitude of 4.36, and the official spokesman for the Survey, Tariq Aba Al-Khail, attributed it to the presence of ancient faults in the bottom of the Arabian Gulf experiencing stresses from tectonic plate movement.