Quaking

I was at home and I missed it (isn't that a line from a song?). Missed what? The earth tremor that hit Dubai and Northern Emirates yesterday. Tall buildings were evacuated amid panic and confusion. The tremor was caused by the Richter 6.1 quake at Qeshm Island in Iran.

Seismologists are predicting that the UAE could well see its own major quake before too long. There is a fault line that runs along the coast from Abu Dhabi to Ras Al Khaimah, and another one, the Dibba fault, that has caused several minor quakes in the Masafi area in recent years, and is apparently due to let go a big one any time now.

We are assured by the authorities that our tall buildings are 'earthquake-proof'.