Earthquake details

Tuesday, December 22, 2009 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Ethiopia on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 03:39 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Abomsa (Ethiopia - ET), about 98.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 40.846 and latitude 10.224.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	10.224, 40.846
UTC time	2009-12-22 03:39:07.720

Location	Abomsa
Country	Ethiopia (ET)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2009-12-22

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Abomsa	98.3 km
Robit	107.1 km
Kobo	111.0 km
Kemisē	120.1 km
Āsbe Teferī	126.7 km
Dire Dawa	132.1 km
Batī	140.8 km
Bedessa	147.5 km
Kombolcha	153.8 km
Āwash	156.0 km
Debre Berhan	156.2 km
‘Alemaya	157.6 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.9 Debre Berhan Ethiopia · 2025-10-26 05:24 UTC	133.5 km
M 4.2 Kobo Ethiopia · 2025-09-15 18:03 UTC	52.6 km
M 4.6 Āwash Ethiopia · 2025-08-08 22:18 UTC	122.5 km

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