Overall Orange Earthquake alert in Ethiopia on 11 Oct 2025 16:18 UTC

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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

ID	Level	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	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

Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date 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

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

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Enda Selassie	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	17 km
Berahale	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	18 km
Debaina	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	20 km
Lugdo	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	23 km
Wikro	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	29 km
May Mekden	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	40 km
Dergam	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	47 km
Kwiha	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	50 km
Hawzen	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	51 km
Mekele	Tigray	Ethiopia	City	-	54 km
Idaga Hamus	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	55 km
Mengela	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	56 km
Adi Amday	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	62 km
Aroley	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	65 km
Dalol	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	68 km
Adigrat	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	69 km
Nebelet	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	73 km
Gelebeda	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	77 km
Hagere Selam	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	77 km
Adi Hana	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	78 km
Debub	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	83 km
Ragali		Eritrea	Village	-	90 km
Indaba Tsahma	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	91 km
Adi Caieh		Eritrea	Village	-	128 km
Suwa		Eritrea	Village	-	143 km
Adi Kwala		Eritrea	Village	-	145 km
Koram	Welo	Ethiopia	Village	-	147 km
Salaklaka	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	154 km
Sageneyti		Eritrea	Village	-	158 km
Mai Edaga		Eritrea	Village	-	159 km
Zula		Eritrea	Village	-	162 km
Adi Ugri		Eritrea	City	-	166 km
Tera Imni		Eritrea	Village	-	176 km
Asmara		Eritrea	Capital	390000 people	198 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

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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