A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 123 km S of Al Ghayz̧ah, Yemen (76 miles) on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pmhk. Unique identifier: us6000pmhk. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/01/25 / 2025-01-27 00:31:02 / January 27, 2025 @ 12:31 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 52.0766 East, latitude 15.0933 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:31:02 / 12:31 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 123 km S of Al Ghayz̧ah, Yemen.
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