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Lower Left Latitude/Longitude: 3.73 N°, 51.59 E°
Upper Right Latitude/Longitude: 15.73 N°, 63.59 E°
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Hazards

Current Hazards

Recent Earthquakes (Past 7 Days)
Date(UTC) Magnitude Depth(Km) Region Lat/Long
None found for the area chosen.        
Active Tropical Storms (Current and 3-day Forecast Positions)
Name Advisory Date(UTC) Wind Speed Wind Gusts Heading Track Speed Status Pressure Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.                
Active Volcanoes
Name Region Activity Primary Observatory More Information Last Updated Lat/Long
None found for the area chosen.            
Recent Hotspots (Fire)
Date of First Obs(UTC) Date of Last Obs(UTC) Description Mean Lat. Mean Long.
None found for the area chosen.        

Historical Hazards

Historical Earthquakes
(Resulting in significant damage or deaths)

Last 50 Years
Count
0
5 Most Recent Earthquakes
Date(UTC) Magnitude Depth(Km) Intensity Deaths Location Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.            
5 Largest Earthquakes
Date(UTC) Magnitude Depth(Km) Intensity Deaths Location Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.            

Volcanic Eruptions
Note: Historical eruptions data last updated in year 2000.

Last 100 Years Eruptions
Count
0
5 Most Recent Eruptions
Name Date(UTC) Magnitude Location Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.        

Tsunami Runups
Note: For each Tsunami event, there may be many locations of recorded runups of the same date for the chosen area.
To avoid duplicate results, the Regional Reporter tool applies a filter to display only one result per tsunami event.

5 Most Recent Tsunami Runups
Date(UTC) Country Location Runup(meters) Deaths Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.          
5 Largest Tsunami Runups
Date(UTC) Country Location Runup(meters) Deaths Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.          

Large Wildfires

(Greater than 40 sq. km.)
Start Date(UTC) End Date(UTC) Intensity Size (sq. km.) Mean Lat. Mean Long.
None found for the area chosen.          

Earthquake Intensity Zones

Probable maximum MMI intensity once in 50 years
Maximum Zone
Magnitude VII

Storm Intensity Zones

Wind Speed with a 10% chance of occurring within 10 years
Maximum Zone (km/hr)
154-177

Demography

Population 2001
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
52,330 6,251
Population 2002
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
55,695 5,669
Population 2006
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
71,768 11,363
Population 2007
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
75,028 9,663
Countries
Country
Yemen
Major Cities
Country Name Population Status Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.        

Infrastructure

Airports
Name Type Elevation (Ft.) Link Lat / Long
SOCOTRA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00150 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=OYSQ 12.63° N / 53.91° E
Nuclear Power Plants
Name Country Number of Reactors Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.      

Environment

Urban/Rural Mask (SEDAC)
Land Cover Area (km2) %
Rural 5,872 0.3
Not classified 1,749,650 100
MODIS IGBP Land Cover
(excluding water area)
Land Cover Area (km2) %
Open Shrublands 3,917 65
Barren or Sparsely Vegetated 1,694 28
Croplands 199 3
Unclassified 185 3
Grasslands 10 0.2
Deciduous Needleleaf Forest 3 0.06
Woody Savannas 3 0.04
Closed Shrublands 1 0.01
Savannas 1 0.01
Elevation (meters)
(land only)
Minimum Maximum Average
1 1,400 259
Average Temperature (degrees C)
  Feb Mar Apr
low 19.3 21.0 23.3
high 29.1 31.3 33.4
Average Precipitation
  Feb Mar Apr
mm/day 0.5 0.4 0.6
Current Meteorological Observations (METAR)
Station Name Observation Time (UTC) Temp (F) Wind Speed (MPH) Wind Direction Sky Condition Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.            

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