Two earthquakes detected in Lahj, Aden areas

SANAA, Jan. 15 (YPA) – The Center for Monitoring and Study of Earthquakes and Volcanoes in Dhamar province confirmed that monitoring stations detected an earthquake in Al-Maqatera district, Lahj province.

Engineer Muhammad Hussein Mutahar Al-Houthi, head of the center, stated that a light earthquake with a magnitude of 2.7 on the Richter scale struck Al-Maqatera on Tuesday afternoon. Additionally, another earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale was recorded east of the Gulf of Aden at 10:44 pm the same day.

These events follow a recent earthquake west of the Gulf of Aden over the past two days, as well as another in Ataq, located in Hadramout province in southeastern Yemen.

YPA