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Volcanoes in Saudi Arabia?

The Middle East is home to several underground fault lines, the biggest of which is the Dead Sea System in Lebanon, which separates the African and Asian plates. However, another fault line far out in the Red Sea is causing tremors 200km away in Saudi Arabia. In May 2009, a ‘failed’ eruption led to over 30,000 earthquakes ripping through Saudi Arabia. Most of these were too small to be felt, but one of them scored 5.7 on the Richter Scale, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquakes took place in Harrat Lunayyir in northwest Saudi Arabia, opening an 

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