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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