List of earthquakes in Ethiopia
This is a list of notable earthquakes that have taken place in the history of Ethiopia.
Earthquakes
Date | Region | Mag. | MMI | Deaths | Injuries | Total damage / notes | ||
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2010-12-16 | Jimma, Hosaena, Shenk'ola, Wenjela | 5.1 Mb | Many | Many houses damaged | NGDC 1972 | |||
1973-04-01 | Ethiopia, Djibouti | 5.9 Ms | Moderate | NGDC 1972 | ||||
1969-03-29 | Sardo | 6.2 Ms | IX | 40 | 160 | Many houses destroyed | NGDC 1972 | |
1961-06-01 | Karakore | 6.5 Ms | IX | 30 | Many | Moderate | NGDC 1972 | |
1921-08-14 | Massawa Subregion | 5.9 Ms | VIII | Some | Severe | NGDC 1972 | ||
1875-11-02 | Tigray Region | 6.2 | Some | Severe | NGDC 1972 | |||
1845-02-12 | Some | NGDC 1972 | ||||||
1842-12-08 | Ankober | IX | Many | Severe | NGDC 1972 | |||
1733-11-29 | Some | NGDC 1972 | ||||||
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand-alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded. |
References
- NGDC (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
Further reading
- Hofstetter, R.; Beyth, M. (2003). "The Afar Depression: interpretation of the 1960–2000 earthquakes". Geophysical Journal International. 155 (2): 715–732. Bibcode:2003GeoJI.155..715H. doi:10.1046/j.1365-246x.2003.02080.x. ISSN 0956-540X.
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