A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Mek’ele in Ethiopia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000rkr5. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rkr5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/10/25 / 2025-10-11 18:36:37 / October 11, 2025 @ 6:36 pm. Exact location, longitude 39.9181° East, latitude 13.774° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:36:37 / 6:36 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ādīgrat, Mekele (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from Mekele (c. 215 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ādīgrat (c. 65 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 56 km ENE of Mek’ele, Ethiopia.
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