Earthquake details

Thursday, September 22, 2005 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Ethiopia on Thursday, September 22, 2005 at 19:51 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Logīya (Ethiopia - ET), about 95.0 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 40.442 and latitude 12.398.

Magnitude	5.1
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	12.398, 40.442
UTC time	2005-09-22 19:51:52.550

Location	Alamata
Country	Ethiopia (ET)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2005-09-22

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Logīya	95.0 km
Alamata	95.9 km
Mehoni	97.5 km
Korem	100.6 km
Dubti	101.7 km
Maych’ew	106.9 km
Weldiya	112.2 km
Mersa	118.6 km
Batī	142.1 km
Asaita	142.5 km
Dolo	150.5 km
Sek’ot’a	155.1 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.3 Alamata Ethiopia · 2025-09-02 06:23 UTC	25.6 km
M 4.2 Alamata Ethiopia · 2025-07-21 22:26 UTC	62.5 km

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