Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
EarthquakesSanaa
Earthquakes near Sanaa
M5+ · Since 19502≤ 150 km
Last 30 days0≤ 300 km
StrongestM6.31982
15.35° N, 44.21° EElevation 2,253 mUTC+3 · Arabian Standard Time
When to goSanaa · weather score
Best timeJan–Mar
October: high / low23° / 10°
Since 1950, 2 earthquakes of magnitude 5 or more have struck within 150 km of Sanaa; the strongest was M6.3, 13 December 1982. In the last 30 days 0 earthquakes were recorded within 300 km. 8 significant earthquakes on record hit the area.
Last 30 days · ≤ 300 km
None in this period.
M5+ · Since 1950 · ≤ 150 km
| 6.3 | 75 km | 13 December 1982 |
| 5.3 | 83 km | 29 December 1982 |
Significant earthquakes on record · ≤ 300 km
| 1991 | 164 km | M4.7 | 11 deaths |
| 1982 | 75 km | M6 | 2,800 deaths |
| 1941 | 139 km | M5.9 | 1,200 deaths |
| 1679 | 248 km | – | |
| 1463 | 177 km | – | 10 deaths |
| 1426 | 177 km | – | 60 deaths |
| 1358 | 177 km | – | 61 deaths |
| 1072 | 161 km | – | 50 deaths |