King Salman Receives Credentials of Ambassadors of Several Countries

King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed at the ceremony on Tuesday. (SPA)
King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed at the ceremony on Tuesday. (SPA)
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King Salman Receives Credentials of Ambassadors of Several Countries

King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed at the ceremony on Tuesday. (SPA)
King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed at the ceremony on Tuesday. (SPA)

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received in Jeddah on Tuesday the credentials of a number of ambassadors of brotherly and friendly countries appointed to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, reported the Saudi Press Agency.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense attended the ceremony.

King Salman received the credentials of the ambassadors of Sri Lanka, Dominican Republic, Spain, Guinea Bissau, Indonesia, Portugal, Peru, Benin, Bahrain, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Algeria and Vietnam.

King Salman welcomed the ambassadors, wishing them success in their tasks to strengthen and develop relations between the Kingdom and their countries.

The ceremony was attended by a number of senior officials.



Small Earthquake Strikes Eastern Saudi Arabia

The earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail. (SPA)
The earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail. (SPA)
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Small Earthquake Strikes Eastern Saudi Arabia

The earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail. (SPA)
The earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail. (SPA)

A 3.35 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail, said the Saudi Geological Survey on Tuesday.

In remarks to local television, Tariq Mansoob, head of the detection center at the survey, said six earthquakes were detected in the Kingdom from March and April.

They were all between the 3.5 and 4.5 range, he added.

The latest quake, which struck at 5:12 pm on Tuesday, has no impact on the Kingdom, he stated.

Activity along the Arabian and Eurasian plates along the Zagros and Makran mountains in Iran and Pakistan led to the quakes, he explained.

The pressure created by this activity resulted in the tremors, he went on to say.

Small quakes are a “good sign,” Mansoob said, because if the pressure continues to build without release, it would have eventually erupt in a major potentially devastating quake.

He reassured the public that the small tremors were not a cause for concern and that the larger ones had taken place closer to Iranian shores.