M 6.3 - 17 km N of Dham?r, Yemen

Unconfirmed reports of 2,800 people killed, 1,500 injured, 700,000 homeless and about 300 villages destroyed or badly damaged in Yemen. Maximum intensity VIII in the Dawran-Risabah area. Felt throughout Yemen and in the Najran area, Saudi Arabia. Landslides occurred in the epicentral area, as well as extensional ground cracks trending north-northwest in zones up to 15 km. in length. This is the first instrumentally located hypocenter in the Dhamar region. [FS]. FAULT PLANE SOLUTION: P-WAVES NP1:STRIKE=340;DIP=75;SLIP=270 NP2:STRIKE=160;DIP=15;SLIP=270 PRINCIPAL AXES: (T) PLG=30; AZM=70 (P) PLG=60; AZM=250 COMMENT: Poorly controlled normal fault type mechanism. NP1 designated as the fault plane. MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION NO OF STA 11 SCALE 10**25 D-CM PRINCIPAL AXES: (T) VAL=3.40; PLG=14; AZM=77 (N) VAL=-0.36; PLG=25; AZM=340 (P) VAL=-3.04; PLG=61; AZM=193 BEST DOUBLE COUPLE:Mo=3.2*10**25 NP1:STRIKE=197;DIP=38;SLIP=-47 NP2:STRIKE=326;DIP=63;SLIP=-118 CENTROID, MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION HARVARD EVENT-FILE NAME B121382B DATA USED: GDSN L.P. BODY WAVES: 21S, 55C, T=45 CENTROID LOCATION: ORIGIN TIME 9:13: 1.2 0.2 LAT 14.99N 0.02;LON 44.60E 0.02 DEP 10.1 FIX;HALF-DURATION 4.5 MOMENT TENSOR; SCALE 10**25 D-CM MRR=-2.28 0.04; MTT=1.03 0.04 MFF=1.26 0.05; MRT=0.39 0.16 MRF=-0.61 0.12; MTF=-1.39 0.05 PRINCIPAL AXES: 1.(T) VAL=2.64;PLG=8;AZM=48 2.(N) -0.25; 3; 138 3.(P) -2.39; 81; 249 BEST DOUBLE COUPLE:M0=2.5*10**25 NP1:STRIKE=134;DIP=37;SLIP=-95 NP2:Strike=320;Dip=53;Slip=-86