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    Recent seismic activity in southwestern Yemen from 1990-2000 ranged from magnitude 1 to 6.5, reflecting the tectonic characteristics of the spreading processes in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden along transition faults. Shallow intrusive magmatic activity associated with the continental rifting in the area has been the main driver of seismic swarms in different parts of Yemen. The growing seismic activity demonstrates the need for increased seismic monitoring and research in Yemen, particularly in the western areas that are most likely to experience future earthquakes.

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    Recent seismic activity in southwestern Yemen from 1990-2000 ranged from magnitude 1 to 6.5, reflecting the tectonic characteristics of the spreading processes in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden along transition faults. Shallow intrusive magmatic activity associated with the continental rifting in the area has been the main driver of seismic swarms in different parts of Yemen. The growing seismic activity demonstrates the need for increased seismic monitoring and research in Yemen, particularly in the western areas that are most likely to experience future earthquakes.

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    Recent seismic activity in southwestern Yemen from 1990-2000 ranged from magnitude 1 to 6.5, reflecting the tectonic characteristics of the spreading processes in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden along transition faults. Shallow intrusive magmatic activity associated with the continental rifting in the area has been the main driver of seismic swarms in different parts of Yemen. The growing seismic activity demonstrates the need for increased seismic monitoring and research in Yemen, particularly in the western areas that are most likely to experience future earthquakes.

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    Recent Seismic Activity in Yemen

    J.M. Sholan
    National Seismological Observatory Center (NSOC), Yemen Republic

    The seismic activity zones in southwestern part of Arabian plate (Yemen, southern part of Red
    Sea and Gulf of Aden), illustrate the growing need to activity an gage seismic research efforts towards
    seismic zonation in Yemen territory as well as along its shorelines where historical and recent seismic
    activity clearly demonstrate that the western part of the Republic of Yemen most probable for future
    earthquakes occurrence. Recent seismic activity during (1990-2000) outlined events records range (1
    ≤ M ≤ 6.5) reflected tectonic characteristics of Red Sea and Gulf of Aden spreading process as seismic
    source areas along transition faults with shallow intrusive magmatic activity due to continental
    category being the main generation elements for seismic swarms occurred in different Yemeni areas.
    KEYWORDS: Seismic activity, Zonation, Tectonic, Source, Yemen.

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