Muscat: An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 on the Richter Scale was recorded in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday, December 26, 2023.
The Earthquake Monitoring Centre (EMC) at Sultan Qaboos University said, "An earthquake in the Arabian Sea was recorded at 4.38 pm MCT and at a depth of 10 km. The earthquake was recorded 279 km away from Salalah."