A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Mek’ele in Ethiopia on Saturday. Unique identifier: us6000rgmk. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rgmk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:41:28 / 9:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 39.8083° East, latitude 13.8263° North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 11/10/25 / 2025-10-11 21:41:28 / October 11, 2025 @ 9:41 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ādīgrat, Mekele. Earthquake epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Mekele (c. 215 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ādīgrat (c. 65 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 51 km NE of Mek’ele, Ethiopia.
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