Earthquake detected in Lahj province of Yemen

Earthquake detected in Lahj province of Yemen

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 Hadhramaut province in southeastern Yemen