Eritrea earthquakes

M5.4 earthquake 44 km S of Edd, Eritrea

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 44 km S of Edd, Eritrea on Mon, Jun 13, 2011, 12:03 AM GMT+3 (21:03 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 69 km S of Edd, Eritrea. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.4 (mwc), moderate
Local time: Mon, Jun 13, 2011, 12:03 AM GMT+3
UTC: 2011-06-12 21:03:23 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 13.530° N, 41.641° E
Region: Eritrea
Felt reports: 16
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

16 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Normal
Nodal plane 1: Strike 127°, dip 39°, rake -69°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 280°, dip 54°, rake -106°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap: 50°
Stations used: 249

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000j32y (also filed as usc00045xc, iscgem17206003). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:46 AM UTC.