M4.6 earthquake 45 km NW of Baki, Somalia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 45 km NW of Baki, Somalia on Tue, May 13, 1980, 8:35 AM GMT+3 (05:35 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 39 km WNW of Baki, Somalia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-05-13 05:35:30 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 10.165° N, 43.078° E
- Region
- Somalia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.939 km WNW of Baki, Somalia · 16930 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.233 km WNW of Baki, Somalia · 16917 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.321 km NW of Baki, Somalia · 16916 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.468 km SSE of 'Ali Sabieh, Djibouti · 16892 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.529 km WNW of Baki, Somalia · 16874 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
Before
- 4.138 km NW of Baki, Somalia · 16944 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.511 km WNW of Baki, Somalia · 16944 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.331 km WNW of Baki, Somalia · 16944 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.450 km NW of Baki, Somalia · 16947 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.633 km NW of Baki, Somalia · 16947 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
Earthquakes todaySomalia earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000176c. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:42 PM UTC.