A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Arta in Djibouti. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us6000qvkg. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qvkg. The temblor was reported at 05:30:50 / 5:30 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/07/25 / 2025-07-28 05:30:50 / July 28, 2025 @ 5:30 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 42.8098 East, latitude 11.6353 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Djibouti (c. 741 000 pop). Event epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Djibouti (c. 623 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from (c. 40 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from ‘Ali Sabieh (c. 40 100 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Tadjoura (c. 22 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Obock (c. 17 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Dikhil (c. 12 000 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from ‘Arta (c. 6 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dikhil, Obock, ‘Ali Sabieh.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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