List of earthquakes in Ethiopia
Earthquakes[]
| Date | Region | Mag. | I | Deaths | Injuries | Total damage / notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-12-16 | Jimma, Hosaena, Shenk'ola, Wenjela | 5.1 Mb | Many | Many houses damaged | NGDC | |||
| 1973-04-01 | Ethiopia, Djibouti | 5.9 Ms | Moderate | NGDC | ||||
| 1969-03-29 | Sardo | 6.2 Ms | IX | 40 | 160 | Many houses destroyed | NGDC | |
| 1961-06-01 | Karakore | 6.5Ms | IX | 30 | Many | Moderate | NGDC | |
| 1921-08-14 | Massawa Subregion | 5.9 Ms | VIII | Some | Severe | NGDC | ||
| 1875-11-02 | Tigray Region | 6.2 | Some | Severe | NGDC | |||
| 1845-02-12 | Some | NGDC | ||||||
| 1842-12-08 | Ankober | IX | Many | Severe | NGDC | |||
| 1733-11-29 | Some | NGDC | ||||||
| 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[]
Sources
- NGDC (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
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