A 5.6-magintude earthquake struck the Gulf of Aden on Tuesday September 22,2015

 

 

 

5.6 quake near Aden; UAE not impacted

Struck at 8.03am on Tuesday

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• Bindu Rai

Published Tuesday, September 22, 2015

A 5.6-magintude earthquake struck the Gulf of Aden on Tuesday morning, with authorities confirming the UAE was not impacted by any seismic activity.
The incident occurred at 8.03am UAE time, with the head of the country’s seismology centre telling ‘Emirates24|7’, the epicentre of the tremblor was 10 kilometres deep in the Gulf of Aden, the body of water between Yemen and Somalia.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) posted the epicentre was near Qalansiyah, Socotra Island, Yemen.
“The 5.6-magnitude tremblor is what we call a moderate earthquake, which are regular occurrences in the Gulf of Aden,” said Khamis Al Shamsi from the National Centre for Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS).