Earthquake details

Wednesday, September 18, 1996 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Ethiopia on Wednesday, September 18, 1996 at 23:50 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mehoni (Ethiopia - ET), about 94.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 40.515 and latitude 12.754.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	12.754, 40.515
UTC time	1996-09-18 23:50:36.070

Location	Mehoni
Country	Ethiopia (ET)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1996-09-18

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mehoni	94.6 km
Maych’ew	105.7 km
Alamata	110.4 km
Korem	111.3 km
Logīya	125.1 km
Dolo	126.2 km
Dubti	129.3 km
Mek'ele	139.8 km
Weldiya	143.9 km
Wik’ro	152.3 km
Mersa	153.3 km
Sek’ot’a	161.3 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.4 Dolo Ethiopia · 2025-11-01 09:57 UTC	127.0 km
M 4.3 Alamata Ethiopia · 2025-09-02 06:23 UTC	22.3 km
M 4.2 Alamata Ethiopia · 2025-07-21 22:26 UTC	35.4 km

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