M4.7 earthquake 34 km ENE of Dek’emhāre, Eritrea
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 34 km ENE of Dek’emhāre, Eritrea on Wed, Aug 2, 2023, 8:13 AM GMT+3 (05:13 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 42 km S of Massawa, Eritrea. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-08-02 05:13:30 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.216° N, 39.330° E
- Region
- Eritrea
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 10.1 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- Stations used
- 66
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.435 km S of Massawa, Eritrea · 1146 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.636 km N of Adi Keyh, Eritrea · 1146 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.636 km N of Adi Keyh, Eritrea · 1145 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.042 km S of Massawa, Eritrea · 1104 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
Before
- 4.531 km SSW of Massawa, Eritrea · 1147 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.833 km ENE of Dek’emhāre, Eritrea · 1147 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.239 km SSW of Massawa, Eritrea · 1147 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.437 km NNE of Adi Keyh, Eritrea · 1147 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.6Eritrea · 1148 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 10
- 4.3Eritrea-Ethiopia border region · 1174 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kx90. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:59 AM UTC.