Earthquake hits north-eastern Ethiopia [USGS report & map]

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a moderate earthquake took place on Sunday in north-eastern Ethiopia.

According to the report on USGS website, the event took place about two hours afternoon 01:48 PM Ethiopian time.(or 10:48 AM GMT – London Time)

The earth quake was reported at a location north-east Ethiopia, 145 kilometers east of Mekele city.

It appears to be in the Afar regional state.

The quake was 4.4 magnitude on a Richter scale – a measurement of earthquakes.

It is to be recalled that about a series of earthquakes took place in that general location causing Nabro eruption and ash cloud last June.

See below the United States Geological Survey (USGS) report and map of the location of the incident.

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Earthquake Details

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude	4.4
Date-Time	Sunday, December 25, 2011 at 10:48:20 UTC Sunday, December 25, 2011 at 01:48:20 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	13.458°N, 40.824°E
Depth	10.2 km (6.3 miles)
Region	ETHIOPIA
Distances	145 km (90 miles) E of Mekele, Ethiopia 213 km (132 miles) WNW of Assab, Eritrea 273 km (169 miles) WSW of Al Hudaydah, Yemen 540 km (335 miles) NNE of ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 22.3 km (13.9 miles); depth +/- 9.1 km (5.7 miles)
Parameters	NST= 13, Nph= 13, Dmin=306.1 km, Rmss=0.75 sec, Gp= 72°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=4
Source	Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc0007cr0

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See the Earthquake archive of this blog for similar reports in that area earlier this year.