M4.2 earthquake 39 km SSW of Massawa, Eritrea
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 39 km SSW of Massawa, Eritrea on Wed, Aug 2, 2023, 12:06 AM GMT+3 (21:06 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-08-01 21:06:29 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.257° N, 39.400° E
- Region
- Eritrea
- 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 9.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 164°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.833 km ENE of Dek’emhāre, Eritrea · 1154 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.531 km SSW of Massawa, Eritrea · 1154 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.734 km ENE of Dek’emhāre, Eritrea · 1154 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 4.435 km S of Massawa, Eritrea · 1153 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.636 km N of Adi Keyh, Eritrea · 1153 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.636 km N of Adi Keyh, Eritrea · 1152 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.042 km S of Massawa, Eritrea · 1111 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kxcd. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:00 AM UTC.