Eritrea earthquakes

M5.6 earthquake Eritrea

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck in Eritrea on Tue, Aug 1, 2023, 8:15 PM GMT+3 (17:15 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.6 (mww), moderate
Local time: Tue, Aug 1, 2023, 8:15 PM GMT+3
UTC: 2023-08-01 17:15:25 UTC
Depth: 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 15.221° N, 39.526° E
Region: Eritrea
Felt reports: 10
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

10 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VII, very 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
Moment magnitude: 5.6 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 162°, dip 24°, rake -71°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 321°, dip 67°, rake -98°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 8.3 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.07
Depth from: From modeling of broad-band P waveforms
Station coverage gap: 27°
Stations used: 269

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kx3e (also filed as usauto6000kx3e). Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 9:16 PM UTC.