M4.2 earthquake 172 km S of Mukalla, Yemen
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 172 km S of Mukalla, Yemen on Mon, May 31, 2021, 9:05 PM GMT+3 (18:05 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 181 km NNW of Bosaso, Somalia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-31 18:05:09 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.009° N, 49.436° E
- Region
- Yemen
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 12.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 144°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
Earthquakes todayYemen earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000egdm. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:56 PM UTC.