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Earthquakes in Yemen
Every earthquake in and around Yemen since 1900: how often it shakes, the strongest on record and the latest quakes. Offshore quakes within 300 km of its towns count too.
Past 30 days0M2.5+
Past year11M2.5+
Magnitude 6+6since 1900
StrongestM 6.71908 · 170 km E of Hadibu, Yemen
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Before the 1970s fewer stations were recording, so early years undercount the smaller quakes.
The strongest earthquakes in Yemen
- 6.7 170 km E of Hadibu, Yemen Dec 18, 1908
- 6.4 193 km S of Al Ghayz̧ah, Yemen Nov 23, 1967
- 6.3 18 km N of Dhamār, Yemen Dec 13, 1982
- 6.2 199 km S of Al Ghayz?ah, Yemen Aug 26, 2005
- 6.1 185 km S of Al Ghayz?ah, Yemen Apr 20, 1924
- 6.0 283 km E of Ghayl Bā Wazīr, Yemen Sep 1, 2002
- 5.9 167 km N of Qalans?yah, Yemen Mar 19, 1928
- 5.8 277 km ESE of Ghayl Bā Wazīr, Yemen Jan 28, 1984
- 5.8 135 km SSE of Aden, Yemen Jul 3, 1951
- 5.7 256 km ENE of Hadibu, Yemen Jan 18, 1935
Last 24 months
How deep
The latest
- 4.5 216 km SSW of Al Ghayz̧ah, Yemen Aug 29, 2026
- 4.3 166 km N of Caluula, Somalia Aug 27, 2026
- 4.2 178 km N of Qalansīyah, Yemen Jul 17, 2026
- 4.4 175 km N of Qalansīyah, Yemen Jun 28, 2026
- 4.5 219 km NNW of Kilmia, Yemen Apr 24, 2026
- 5.0 174 km NNE of Qalansīyah, Yemen Jan 21, 2026
- 4.6 178 km N of Qalansīyah, Yemen Jan 21, 2026
- 4.6 175 km NNE of Qalansīyah, Yemen Jan 20, 2026
- 4.2 164 km NNW of Caluula, Somalia Nov 12, 2025
- 4.6 161 km NNW of Caluula, Somalia Nov 12, 2025
- 4.3 167 km SSE of Mukalla, Yemen Nov 12, 2025
- 4.3 86 km N of Hadibu, Yemen Jun 13, 2025
- 4.4 151 km SSE of Mukalla, Yemen Jun 6, 2025
- 4.3 99 km SE of Aden, Yemen May 4, 2025
- 4.3 145 km SE of Aden, Yemen Apr 28, 2025