A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Massawa in Eritrea. 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). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 39.1895 East, latitude 15.7042 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 17:31:22 / 5:31 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000pwmb. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pwmb. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/02/25 / 2025-02-22 17:31:22 / February 22, 2025 @ 5:31 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Asmara (c. 563 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Keren (c. 74 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Massawa (c. 23 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Dek’emhāre (c. 11 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Keren, Dek’emhāre, Asmara (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Eritrea (c. 5 793 000 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 32 km WNW of Massawa, Eritrea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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