Civil Defense officials have postponed the return of evacuees to their homes in Al-Eis and the villages of Omluj until next week after light tremors were felt in the region on Wednesday. Tremors occurred early Wednesday afternoon, with the strongest (...)
The Saudi Geological Survey (SGS) has said that seismic activity at Harrat Al-Shaqa lava fields has declined with only one tremor of 3.08 on the Richter scale and other weak tremors of less than three recorded in the last 24 hours.
The SGS said (...)
Authorities have started gradually allowing people to enter Al-Eis town in the daytime.
No one is allowed to enter the city in the evening. The move is basically meant to protect the personal belongings and cars of the evacuated people. Security (...)
The sun rose Wednesday on cracked houses in Yanbu Al-Bahr as tremors rocked Harat Al-Shaqah in Al-Eis area all through Tuesday night.
The Civil Defense received over 350 reports of earth tremors. Abdullah Al-Juhani and Hamad Al-Refae, residents of (...)
Forty percent of the residents of Al-Eis have left their homes and relocated to Madina and Yanbu as a result of the series of earth tremors that hit the area on Thursday, including one particularly strong tremor that created general panic and caused (...)
New tremors hit the remote town of Al-'Eis at dawn Thursday with the largest quake registering 3 on the Richter Scale.
Inspection teams have been out to the site, which lies to the north of Yanbu and Madina, and checked on the safety conditions of (...)
