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:	13.6508 , 39.8628
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 16:38 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	6.8 (Ethiopia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	1.1		1.1
us6000rglb	Scaled population (raster)	2.99
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.2
	Score no CC	1000

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
	15000 people
	25000 people
	100000 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	11000 people
Tigray	Ethiopia	28000 people
Tigray	Ethiopia	84000 people
Tigray	Ethiopia	2.7 million people
Akale Guzay	Eritrea	<1000 people
Denakil	Eritrea	<1000 people
Welo	Ethiopia	no people
Tigray	Ethiopia	210000 people
Akale Guzay	Eritrea	72000 people
Denakil	Eritrea	<1000 people
Welo	Ethiopia	170000 people
Gonder	Ethiopia	3800 people
Seraye	Eritrea	76000 people
Samhar	Eritrea	38000 people
Hamasen	Eritrea	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Lugdo	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	16 km
Enda Selassie	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	28 km
Berahale	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	29 km
Dergam	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	32 km
May Mekden	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	33 km
Wikro	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	33 km
Debaina	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	34 km
Kwiha	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	40 km
Mekele	Tigray	Ethiopia	City	-	45 km
Aroley	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	50 km
Hawzen	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	59 km
Adi Amday	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	62 km
Adi Hana	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	65 km
Idaga Hamus	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	68 km
Debub	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	68 km
Hagere Selam	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	75 km
Adi Keyih	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	76 km
Gelebeda	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	79 km
Dalol	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	80 km
Adigrat	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	81 km
Adeba	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	82 km
Adi Shahu	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	88 km
Ragali		Eritrea	Village	-	105 km
Shero	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	127 km
Koram	Welo	Ethiopia	Village	-	132 km
Adi Caieh		Eritrea	Village	-	142 km
Suwa		Eritrea	Village	-	149 km
Adi Kwala		Eritrea	Village	-	156 km
Adi Aba Riisom		Eritrea	Village	-	158 km
Salaklaka	Tigray	Ethiopia	Village	-	158 km
Sageneyti		Eritrea	Village	-	171 km
Mai Edaga		Eritrea	Village	-	172 km
Zula		Eritrea	Village	-	178 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	43 km
Indaselassie	SHC	unknown				0	177 km
Asmara International	ASM	2325	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	208 km

More information

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