For the first time in all my two years here in Dubai, I experienced an earthquake.  I never really imagined it happening here.  But it happened.  It was a little past 3PM yesterday, September 9.

Today, my wife and I will be expecting some form of communication back home from our families as the news would probably make it there in the morning.

It wasn’t really major as far as the magnitude is concerned.  It was one of those too subtle to detect.  Unless you are fully concentrated on doing something, then that will be a good breaker.

Doing a bit of geographical research led me to the fact that Dubai is quite in a very stable zone.  The nearest faultline is 120 kilometers away from the UAE.  It is called the Zargos Fault.  It said that it is very unlikely to have any seismic impact on Dubai.  Further reading say that experts predict that the possibility of a tsunami in the region is also minimal because the Persian Gulf waters are not deep enough to trigger one.

Well, that is a bit of a relief.  Bottomline is, nobody got hurt.  Panic among workers and residents were the highlight of the day.  Didn’t they ever think that having the world’s tallest tower built in the area is comfort enough?