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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Bani Bakr in Yemen


Earthquake location 14.0261S, 45.3011WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Bani Bakr in Yemen on Tuesday. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:43:28 / 8:43 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10005jn7. Unique identifier: us10005jn7. Exact location of event, longitude 45.3011 East, latitude 14.0261 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 24/05/16 / 2016-05-24 17:43:28 / May 24, 2016 @ 5:43 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (18 miles) from (c. 37 800 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Zinjibār (c. 19 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Dhalie (c. 14 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Jawf al Maqbābah (c. 14 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zinjibār, Dhalie, Jawf al Maqbābah (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Yemen (c. 23 495 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 10 km NNE of Bani Bakr, Yemen.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.3011° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.0261° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km NNE of Bani Bakr, Yemen Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-05-24 17:43:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-24 18:07:12 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 355 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.447 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 74 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10005jn7 Id of event.
Event Code 10005jn7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10005jn7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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