UAE Residents Feel Earthquake

A 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit Southern Iran in thge afternoon of Monday 21 October at 2.58pm (UAE time) and the impact extended to the UAE as some of the residents in Dubai, Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah felt the tremors.

The National Centre of Meteorology tweeted, "A 5.1 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale is recorded in South of Iran at 2.58pm (UAE time) on Monday afternoon, according to the NCM National Seismic Network. It was felt by few residence in the north of UAE."

A 5.1Magnitude Earthquake on Richter scale is recorded in South of Iran at 14:58, 21-10-2019 "UAE time” According to the NCM “National Seismic Network, it was felt by few residence in the north of UAE.

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Residents tweeted about the earthquake on social media platforms.

Felt #earthquake in Al Jazeera Al Hamra #Rasalkhaimah #RAK #UAE few minutes ago.

— Davis Dan Kuruvilla (@ddkuruvilla) October 21, 2019

I felt the earthquake from the 9th floor ! #dubai #??? #earthquake

— reem (@reem61246439) October 21, 2019

Felt tremors. Called neighbor- She didn't feel a thing. Googled #earthquake in #Dubai - nothing showed up. But Twitter owned it! #NewsMENA #TwitterFirst

— Garima Upadhyay (@garimaopines) October 21, 2019