M 5.6 in Ethiopia on 11 Oct 2025 16:18 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

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

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.7902 , 39.8663
Event Date: 11 Oct 2025 16:18 UTC
11 Oct 2025 19:18 Local
Exposed Population: 10 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source: NEIC us6000rglb
Inserted at: 11 Oct 2025 18:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 6.8 (Ethiopia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1 1
us6000rglb Scaled population (raster) 2.7  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.2  
  Score no CC 840  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDLevelScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1665495 1.1 11 Oct 2025 16:18 5.6M, 10km 7.24 10 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 00:20 NEIC
1665515 1 11 Oct 2025 16:18 5.6M, 10km 7.02 10 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 01:50 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Ethiopia ,of Tigray (population 3,220,256) . The alertlevel for this event is ORANGE

Intensity Population
11000 people
36000 people
230000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

LevelShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 1.1 1665495 39.863/13.651 5.6 10 7.237 11 Oct 2025 16:41 00:23 (new episode)
2 1.1 1665495 39.863/13.651 5.6 10 7.237 11 Oct 2025 16:53 00:34 (upd of #1)
3 1.2 1665515 39.866/13.79 5.6 10 7.019 11 Oct 2025 18:13 01:55 (new episode)
4 1.2 1665515 39.866/13.79 5.6 10 7.026 11 Oct 2025 18:42 02:24 (upd of #3)
5 1.2 1665515 39.866/13.79 5.6 10 7.026 13 Oct 2025 14:01 1d 21:43 (upd of #4)
6 1 1665515 39.849/13.761 5.6 10 7.018 14 Oct 2025 14:00 2d 21:42 (upd of #5)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Tigray Ethiopia 7400 people
Tigray Ethiopia 42000 people
Tigray Ethiopia 240000 people
Tigray Ethiopia 2.6 million people
Akale Guzay Eritrea 2700 people
Denakil Eritrea <1000 people
Welo Ethiopia no people
Tigray Ethiopia 230000 people
Akale Guzay Eritrea 79000 people
Denakil Eritrea <1000 people
Welo Ethiopia 110000 people
Seraye Eritrea 140000 people
Gonder Ethiopia 4100 people
Samhar Eritrea 59000 people
Hamasen Eritrea 39000 people


Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Makale (Alula Aba Nega) MQX 2256 Civ. Unpaved Yes 9800 52 km
Indaselassie SHC unknown 0 174 km
Asmara International ASM 2325 Civ. Paved Yes 9800 195 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Zula Eritrea 163 km

More information

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