Seismic monitoring and studies stations at the National Center for Monitoring and Studies of Earthquakes and Volcanoes in Dhamar Governorate recorded, on Monday, five moderate and light earthquakes west of the Gulf of Aden.

The Houthi-run center in Dhamar Governorate said that an earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale was recorded at the intersection of longitude and latitude 12.107 north and 46.09 east, at 1:12 pm. Sanaa time,” followed by two seismic activities in the same location, the first with a magnitude of “2.9,” at “1:25” in the afternoon, and another with a magnitude of “2.8,” at “1:27” in the afternoon.

The monitoring stations also recorded two tremors at the intersection of longitude and latitude “12.12” north and “46.15” east, the first with a magnitude of “2.5” on the Richter scale, at “1:27” in the afternoon, and the second with a magnitude of “3.6” degrees. At “3:04” in the afternoon.

The center said that these seismic tremors are part of the natural activities recorded in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. As a result of the continuous opening of their bottoms at a rate of 3-5 cm per year, and the movement of the Arabian plate.