Overall Green Earthquake alert in Yemen on 03 Jun 2023 07:17 UTC

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M 5.9 in Yemen on 03 Jun 2023 07:17 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.9M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	12.6146 , 48.1755
Event Date:	03 Jun 2023 07:17 UTC 03 Jun 2023 10:17 Local
Exposed Population:
Source:	NEIC us7000k61e
Inserted at:	03 Jun 2023 07:37 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 (Yemen)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000k61e	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1508975		0	03 Jun 2023 07:17	5.9M, 10km	3.68	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:19	NEIC

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

The episode that has the last updated information.

* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Yemen ,of 'Ataq (population -99,999) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1508975	48.176/12.615	5.9	10	3.676	03 Jun 2023 17:16	09:59	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
'Ataq	Yemen	1100 people
Sanaag	Somalia	no people
Abyan	Yemen	no people
Hadhramaut	Yemen	no people
'Ataq	Yemen	28000 people
Sanaag	Somalia	<1000 people
Abyan	Yemen	1800 people
Hadhramaut	Yemen	no people
Bari	Somalia	9500 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Al Irqah		Yemen	Village	-	145 km
Al Haibala		Yemen	Village	-	152 km
Jilah		Yemen	Village	-	157 km
Bacaad	Bari	Somalia	Village	-	197 km
Almahfid		Yemen	Village	-	209 km
Qandala	Bari	Somalia	Village	16000 people	225 km
Hais	Sanaag	Somalia	Village	-	236 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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