A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Mek’ele in Ethiopia on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/10/25 / 2025-10-14 20:22:40 / October 14, 2025 @ 8:22 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:22:40 / 8:22 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000rh6i. Event ids that are associated: us6000rh6i. Exact location of earthquake, 39.8097° East, 13.7865° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Mekele (c. 215 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Ādīgrat (c. 65 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ādīgrat, Mekele.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 km NE of Mek’ele, Ethiopia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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