MINOR EARTH TREMOR HITS SAMA AREA IN DHAMAR

DHAMAR, Dec.22 (Saba)- A slight earth tremor of 3.9 degrees on the
Richter Scale struck on Tuesday Sama area in Dhamar province at
9:25 pm local time.

Head of National Seismological Observatory Center Jamal Shalan told
Saba that the shake occurred south-east of Dhamar city between
longitudes (44.440) to east and (14.536) to north at depth of 6
kilometers, pointing out that this shake is a light and does not
cause any damage.

In Monday afternoon, a shake of 2.6 degrees on the Richter Scale was
recorded by the seismological digital monitoring stations of the
center at 2:44 local time, He indicated.

Early on Tuesday morning, the seismological stations also recorded
an earthquake of 4.1 degrees on the Richter Scale in Hidan, Saada
province, at 1:00 am local time.

Shalan pointed out that the center installed last week a field
seismological observatory station in Sama area, where the center's
stations recorded since last November a crowd of 34 seismic events
,the highest of which was on December 5 at 2.8 degrees on the
Richter Scale.


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