A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Mek’ele in Ethiopia on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/10/25 / 2025-10-11 16:01:59 / October 11, 2025 @ 4:01 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 39.8628 East, latitude 13.8633 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000rgl9. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rgl9. The temblor was picked up at 16:01:59 / 4:01 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Mekele (c. 215 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ādīgrat (c. 65 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ādīgrat, Mekele (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 58 km NE of Mek’ele, Ethiopia.
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