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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Strong Earthquake Hits South Yemen |
| 2012-11-07 |
| [Yemen Post] A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 struck off Yemen's southern coast early on Tuesday, the authorities reported. Deputy Head of the seismic observatory in Dhamar province, Saleh Al-Maflahi, said the quake was registered about 400 km southeast the archipelago of Socotra on the Indian Ocean at 6:17 am. The quake, which comes within the above moderate seismic activities, hit at a depth of 10 km, he said. Yemeni areas along the Red Sea in the west and off the Gulf of Aden in the south usually experience such quakes. In most cases, maybe all reported in recent years, no injuries or damages have been reported after quakes in the country. |
| Posted by:Fred |