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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Al Ghayz̧ah in Yemen


Earthquake location 14.7976S, 53.7043WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 226 km SE of Al Ghayz̧ah, Yemen (140 miles) on Sunday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:54:18 / 4:54 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 53.7043 East, latitude 14.7976 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/07/20 / 2020-07-19 04:54:18 / July 19, 2020 @ 4:54 am. Event id: us7000ar49. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ar49.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 226 km SE of Al Ghayz̧ah, Yemen.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 53.7043° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.7976° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 226 km SE of Al Ghayz̧ah, Yemen Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-19 04:54:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-19 05:10:53 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 326 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 10.365 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 267 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 us7000ar49 Id of event.
Event Code 7000ar49 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ar49, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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