Dhamar trembled by two more quakes

DHAMAR, Jan. 24 (Saba) - Dhamar governorate was
vibrated early on Sunday morning by two earthquakes measuring 3.5 and 3 on Richter
scale.

The Earthquake and Volcanoes Monitoring Center said that the two quakes hit an
area, seven kilometers southeast the governorate, respectively at 5:47 and 5:48 am.
The centre said that prior slight quakes have been registered at the same place.
The quakes were depicted by the centre as slight ones, adding that the centre
specialists are following-up the seismic records ceaselessly all over the country
and the regional
waters.
The centre head Jamal Sha'alan called the citizen to be careful and to build their
hoses according to specifications of resistance to earthquakes It is worth to
mention
that, Dhamar city was trembled by 4.3-magnitude quake last Sunday, but there were no
casualties reported.
Dhamar city has been hit by a 6-magnitude quake in 1982. The quake claimed the
lives of 2500 people and about 25,000 injuries in addition to devastate around
15,000 houses
completely and 50,000 houses partly.
FJ/AF