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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2015/08/17 19:17
Universal datetime 2015/08/17 16:17
Latitude 13.67 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 51.77 ° ± 4 km
Depth 10 km (from location) ± 0.0 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Taizz  837 615222
Aden  740 550602
Al Mukalla  302 258132
Berbera  818 242344
Ibb  823 234837
Salalah  447 163140
Burco  820 99270
Gaalkacyo  899 61200
Laascaanood  756 60100
Hajjah  908 43549
Al Bayda  671 37821
Lahij  749 23375
Eyl  664 18904
Bandarbeyla  474 13753
Hadiboh  269 8545

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.65
Azimuthal gap 53.37 °
Number of stations used 28
Number of phases used 28

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II UOSS P 16:19:48.97 -2.32 19.65 12.02 Automatic
IU FURI P 16:20:17.2 2.21 250.98 13.69 Automatic
II MBAR P 16:22:25.82 -0.83 237.26 25.26 Automatic
IU GNI P 16:22:44.62 1.19 348.18 27.19 Automatic
II NIL P 16:22:54.57 3.98 40.64 27.93 Automatic
II DGAR P 16:23:06.2 2.36 134.54 29.43 Automatic
II KIV P 16:23:19.77 0.15 347.35 31.27 Automatic
II ABPO P 16:23:34.17 0.17 187.91 32.99 Automatic
II AAK P 16:23:53.97 1.74 29.71 34.98 Automatic
IU LSZ P 16:24:10.52 -0.17 219.7 37.18 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 16:24:48.29 -0.28 31.2 41.67 Automatic
II BRVK P 16:24:50.82 -0.54 16.55 42.04 Automatic
II OBN P 16:24:59.62 -0.32 347.32 43.1 Automatic
IU CHTO P 16:25:19.52 -0.66 76.92 45.46 Automatic
IU TSUM P 16:25:31.32 -0.07 226.47 47.05 Automatic
II BFO P 16:25:51.22 -1.89 323.23 49.79 Automatic
IU KOWA P 16:26:23.52 -1.69 278.15 53.98 Automatic
II LVZ P 16:26:33.67 -0.32 352.26 55.37 Automatic
IU PAB P 16:26:33.57 -1.45 308.93 55.38 Automatic
IU ULN P 16:26:46.62 1.16 41.18 56.87 Automatic
IU KEV P 16:26:53.17 -1.05 350.18 58.2 Automatic
II ESK P 16:27:05.42 3.59 327.16 59.23 Automatic
II KAPI P 16:28:11.7 -1.7 100.62 69.98 Automatic
IU YAK P 16:28:24.77 -1.67 28.78 72.29 Automatic
II SACV P 16:28:29.22 -0.12 281.69 72.67 Automatic
IU TIXI P 16:28:32.27 1.86 18.73 72.98 Automatic
IU MBWA P 16:28:41.87 -1.71 116.63 75.24 Automatic
II WRAB P 16:29:48.87 -1.62 111.11 87.86 Automatic