M 6 in Yemen on 15 Jul 2018 13:09 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1150274
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.8192 , 51.6505
Event Date: 15 Jul 2018 13:09 UTC
15 Jul 2018 16:09 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Jul 2018 13:28 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Yemen)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000g5mh Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 23 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Yemeni army cuts off Houthi supply routesMon, 16 Jul 2018 04:09:00 +0200.

DUBAI — Yemen’s legitimate army, with the support of the Arab Coalition, took control of the Al-Shabaka Mountain in the city of Hajjah, and succeeded in cutting off supply routes of Houthi militias between the Harad district, Hajjah and Saa
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Un séisme de magnitude 6,0 au large du YémenSun, 15 Jul 2018 18:52:00 +0200.

Un séisme d'une magnitude de 6,0 sur l'échelle de Richter a frappé dimanche soir les côtes orientales du Yémen, a déclaré un responsable local à l'Agence de presse Xinhua. L'épicentre du séisme, qui s'est produit à 16h09 heure locale, a été
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Un terremoto de magnitud 6,2 sacude YemenSun, 15 Jul 2018 09:04:00 +0200.

MADRID, 15 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) - Un terremoto de magnitud 6,2 ha sido registrado en Yemen este domingo, según ha informado el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS), pero por el momento se desconoce si se han producido víctimas en el p
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Earthquake measuring 6.2 on Richter scale hits off YemenSun, 15 Jul 2018 08:45:00 +0200.

Amman, July 15 (Petra) -- An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck off Yemen on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported, but there was no immediate of tsunami warning. The quake struck 213 km northwest of Socotra i
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),