The Kuwait National Seismic Network, affiliated with the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, recorded an earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale in northeastern Kuwait this evening, Wednesday.
The network said in a statement today that the earthquake occurred at 4:46 pm today (Kuwait time) at a depth of 6 kilometers below the surface of the earth.
It explained that it detected - at 6:33 pm this evening - an aftershock earthquake in the same location with a magnitude of 2.2 on the Richter scale and at the same depth.