Earthquake details

Thursday, September 22, 2005 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Ethiopia on Thursday, September 22, 2005 at 03:12 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mehoni (Ethiopia - ET), about 89.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 40.461 and latitude 12.697.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	12.697, 40.461
UTC time	2005-09-22 03:12:34.070

Location	Mehoni
Country	Ethiopia (ET)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2005-09-22

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mehoni	89.4 km
Maych’ew	100.3 km
Alamata	102.8 km
Korem	104.1 km
Logīya	121.9 km
Dolo	126.3 km
Dubti	126.8 km
Weldiya	135.3 km
Mek'ele	139.1 km
Mersa	144.7 km
Wik’ro	153.6 km
Sek’ot’a	155.1 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.4 Dolo Ethiopia · 2025-11-01 09:57 UTC	128.7 km
M 4.3 Alamata Ethiopia · 2025-09-02 06:23 UTC	13.7 km
M 4.2 Alamata Ethiopia · 2025-07-21 22:26 UTC	34.9 km

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