M 6 in Ethiopia on 14 Feb 2025 20:28 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1468332
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Glide number: EQ-2025-000019-ETH
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 8.9563 , 39.934
Event Date: 14 Feb 2025 20:28 UTC
14 Feb 2025 23:28 Local
Exposed Population: 30 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 14 Feb 2025 20:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.8 (Ethiopia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.4 1.4
us7000pdu6 Scaled population (raster) 3.43  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.2  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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M6 in Ethiopia - EC/ECHO daily mapMon, 17 Feb 2025 17:31

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Ethiopia - Earthquake Emergency Site Assessment (ESA), Muka Badana IDP.. 2/17/2025 2:21:00 PM.

Attachments Since December 2024, the north east of Ethiopia and in particular Afar and Oromia regions have experienced a surge in seismic activity linked to the Fentale volcanic complex. Starting in January 2025, the International Organizat
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Ethiopia - Earthquake Emergency Site Assessment (ESA), Daka Hedu IDP S.. 2/17/2025 2:21:00 PM.

Attachments Since December 2024, the north east of Ethiopia and in particular Afar and Oromia regions have experienced a surge in seismic activity linked to the Fentale volcanic complex. Starting in January 2025, the International Organizat
...(more)
Ethiopia - Earthquake Emergency Site Assessment (ESA), Banti IDP Site,.. 2/17/2025 2:21:00 PM.

Attachments Since December 2024, the north east of Ethiopia and in particular Afar and Oromia regions have experienced a surge in seismic activity linked to the Fentale volcanic complex. Starting in January 2025, the International Organizat
...(more)
Ethiopia - Earthquake (GDACS, USGS, DG ECHO, UN OCHA, WFP, media) (ECH.. 2/17/2025 1:04:00 PM.

An earthquake of 6 M occurred in Ethiopia on 14 February. The epicentre was located 4 km south-east of Fentale volcano and 8 km north-east of Metehara town in the East Shewa Zone, Oromia. According to partners and media reports, as of 15 Fe
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),