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Moderate earthquake: M5.4 quake has struck near Edd in Eritrea


Earthquake location 13.588S, 40.672WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 116 km WSW of Edd, Eritrea (72 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 3 km (2 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rq2y. Id of event: us6000rq2y. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/11/25 / 2025-11-23 12:53:53 / November 23, 2025 @ 12:53 pm. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:53:53 / 12:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.672 East, latitude 13.588 North, depth = 3 km.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 116 km WSW of Edd, Eritrea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 40.672° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.588° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 116 km WSW of Edd, Eritrea Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-11-23 12:53:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-25 23:30:14 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 449 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 0 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000rq2y Id of event.
Event Code 6000rq2y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rq2y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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