An earthquake of magnitude 5 struck Kuwait, the ministry of information tweeted on Saturday.
The ministry said "the Kuwait National Seismic Network recorded an earthquake measuring 5 ... southwest of al-Ahmadi, and it occurred at exactly 04:28:02 a.m. Kuwait time (0128 GMT), at a depth of 5 km (3 miles)".
Kuwait's Fire Force also said that there was no damage as a result of the earthquake.
Meanwhile, the Kuwait Oil Company confirmed that its facilities for operating oil and gas production facilities were not affected by the earthquake that shook southwest Ahmadi, noting that oil and gas production was currently proceeding normally.
The company said in a press statement that all oil facilities are equipped with sensors that operate automatically when exposed to any earthquake as a precautionary measure and in accordance with the safety regulations adopted by the company, which led to its suspension for a short period as a precautionary measure and all of them returned to work normally after taking all precautionary measures.
