M 5.7 in Ethiopia on 04 Jan 2025 00:52 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 1460587
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Glide number: EQ-2025-000001-ETH
Depth: 8 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.4796 , 40.1535
Event Date: 04 Jan 2025 00:52 UTC
04 Jan 2025 03:52 Local
Exposed Population: 20 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 04 Jan 2025 15:02 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.8 (Ethiopia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.6 1.6
us6000phrk Scaled population (raster) 3.67  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.2  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
M5.7 in Ethiopia - EC/ECHO daily mapMon, 06 Jan 2025 18:35

A new EC/ECHO daily map is now available
Ethiopia - Seismic and volcanic activity (ECHO 12 Jan 2025)Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:23

  • Since 22 December 2024, intense seismic activity has been registered in the southern Afar and northern Oromia regions in correspondence of the Dofan volcano. More than 80 earthquakes have been reported with magnitude between 4.3 up to 5.7. The strongest one (5.7) has been recorded on 4 January at 0.52 UTC at a depth of 8 km, approximately 15 km north of the aforementioned volcano.
  • The Ethiopian Red Cross Society carried out a rapid assessment in the affected areas. It is estimated that around 81,750 individuals have been affected. There are key concerns on emergency shelter, food assistance and clean water. 
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

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