Earthquake details

Wednesday, November 18, 1942 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Ethiopia on Wednesday, November 18, 1942 at 12:01 UTC with a magnitude of 6.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nefas Mewch’a (Ethiopia - ET), about 84.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 38.814 and latitude 11.056.

Magnitude	6.1
Alert	Severe
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	11.056, 38.814
UTC time	1942-11-18 12:01:18.570

Location	Dessie
Country	Ethiopia (ET)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 1942-11-18

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nefas Mewch’a	84.4 km
Dessie	89.9 km
Bichena	95.2 km
Kombolcha	101.6 km
Mot’a	103.5 km
Lalibela	111.6 km
Mersa	113.8 km
Weldiya	120.7 km
Kemisē	121.5 km
Debre Tabor	124.0 km
Batī	132.2 km
Fichē	140.1 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.2 Dessie Ethiopia · 2014-06-20 12:42 UTC	42.4 km
M 5.0 Dessie Ethiopia · 1977-07-08 06:23 UTC	89.9 km

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