A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Mek’ele in Ethiopia on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/11/25 / 2025-11-01 09:57:44 / November 1, 2025 @ 9:57 am. Event id: us6000rkx9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rkx9. Exact location of event, longitude 39.8143 East, latitude 13.5706 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:57:44 / 9:57 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Mekele (c. 215 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ādīgrat (c. 65 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Maych’ew (c. 27 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maych’ew, Ādīgrat, Mekele.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 37 km ENE of Mek’ele, Ethiopia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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