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Earthquake strikes Saudi Arabia’s holy city

Medina is a city in western Saudi Arabia. In the city center, the vast Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (Prophet’s Mosque) is a major Islamic pilgrimage site. Its striking Green Dome rises above the tombs of the Prophet Muhammad and early Islamic leaders Abu Bakr and Umar. The Masjid al-Qiblatain (Qiblatain Mosque) is known as the site where the Prophet Muhammad received the command to change the direction of prayer to Mecca.

A moderate earthquake hit the holy city of Madinah on Tuesday.

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Tariq Aba Al Khail, official spokesman of the General Authority of Meteorology and Environment Protection, said that the earthquake occurred in the north-west of Madinah was moderate and not dangerous, Saudi Press Agency reported.

According to the national centre for recording earthquake, the PME monitored on Tuesday, at 2:59pm local time, an earthquake with a magnitude of 2.5 on the Richter scale, 14km north-west of Madinah.

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