A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 191 km SE of Al Ghayz̧ah, Yemen (119 miles) on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/12/24 / 2024-12-15 07:46:19 / December 15, 2024 @ 7:46 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 53.3594 East, latitude 14.9074 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ph7y. Unique identifier: us6000ph7y. The temblor was detected at 07:46:19 / 7:46 am (local time epicenter).
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 have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 191 km SE of Al Ghayz̧ah, Yemen.
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