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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Ādīgrat in Ethiopia

Posted by admin on October 20, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.0203S, 39.7684WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Ādīgrat in Ethiopia on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:26:41 / 4:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/10/25 / 2025-10-20 16:26:41 / October 20, 2025 @ 4:26 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000ribp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ribp. Exact location of earthquake, 39.7684° East, 14.0203° North, depth 10 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mekele, Ādīgrat (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Mekele (c. 215 500 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Ādīgrat (c. 65 000 pop).

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 ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 43 km SE of Ādīgrat, Ethiopia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 39.7684° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.0203° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43 km SE of Ādīgrat, Ethiopia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-20 16:26:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-20 18:19:10 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 312 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 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.891 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 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 us6000ribp Id of event.
Event Code 6000ribp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ribp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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