1982 North Yemen earthquake

1982 North Yemen earthquake
Date December 13, 1982 (1982-12-13)
Magnitude 6.0 Ms
Depth 5 km
Epicenter [1]
Countries or regions Yemen
Landslides yes
Casualties approx 2,000 killed

The 1982 North Yemen earthquake was a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that hit near the city of Dhamar, North Yemen (now part of Yemen) on December 13 1982. It was the first instrumentally recorded earthquake in the Dhamar region.[2] As many as 2,800 people were killed and 1,500 injured.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Significant Earthquakes of the World 1982 United States Geological Survey
  2. ^ George L. Choy and Rainer Kind (February 1987). "Rupture complexity of a moderate-sized (mb 6.0) earthquake: Broadband body-wave analysis of the North Yemen earthquake of 13 December 1982". http://bssa.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/77/1/28. Retrieved 17 February 2010. 
Earthquakes in 1982 →
† indicates earthquake resulting at least 30 deaths
‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year