Earthquake detected over 200 km away from Oman

Muscat: An earthquake has been recorded with the epicenter located 228 km away from Khasab.

The Earthquake Monitoring Center said in a statement: “An earthquake of 5.3 magnitude was detected in southern Iran and is located 228 km away from Khasab. It occurred at 10:40 am local time with a depth of 14 km.”