KUWAIT CITY: An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 struck Kuwait on Saturday morning. No damages or casualties have been reported. The information was confirmed by the ministry of information through a tweet. However, UAE's National Centre of Meteorology recorded the earthquake's magnitude as 5.5.

The earthquake was recorded southwest of al-Ahmadi, at 4:28 am (IST 6:58 am) at a depth of 5 km. No damages were reported.