Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Mek’ele in Ethiopia

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Mek’ele in Ethiopia on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, 39.8729° East, 13.8036° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 05:43:06 / 5:43 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000rhqw. Event ids that are associated: us6000rhqw. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/10/25 / 2025-10-17 05:43:06 / October 17, 2025 @ 5:43 am.

Nearby country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ādīgrat, Mekele (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Mekele (c. 215 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ādīgrat (c. 65 000 pop).

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 nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 54 km NE of Mek’ele, Ethiopia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	39.8729° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.8036° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	54 km NE of Mek'ele, Ethiopia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-10-17 05:43:06	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-17 06:21:06	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	284	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	25	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.678	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.68 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	172	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000rhqw	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rhqw	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rhqw,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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