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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Sayhut in Yemen


Earthquake location 13.9438S, 51.773WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 151 km SSE of Sayhut, Yemen (94 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 51.773 East, latitude 13.9438 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us2000g9n0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000g9n0. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/07/18 / 2018-07-15 13:16:04 / July 15, 2018 @ 1:16 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:16:04 / 4:16 pm (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 151 km SSE of Sayhut, Yemen.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 51.773° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.9438° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 151km SSE of Sayhut, Yemen Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-15 13:16:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-22 15:01:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 385 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 9.032 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 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 us2000g9n0 Id of event.
Event Code 2000g9n0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000g9n0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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