Muscat: An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale occurred in Arabian Sea on Tuesday morning, according to the Earthquake Monitoring Centre at Sultan Qaboos University.
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Speaking to Times of Oman, an official said that the epicenter of the earthquake is around 320 km away from Duqm. "It happened around 11:44 am this morning," the official said.
"We are waiting for further details," he said.
More follows.