M4.4 earthquake 35 km S of Massawa, Eritrea
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 35 km S of Massawa, Eritrea on Wed, Aug 2, 2023, 11:33 PM GMT+3 (20:33 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-08-02 20:33:12 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.290° N, 39.437° 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 10.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 82°
- Stations used
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.636 km N of Adi Keyh, Eritrea · 1156 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.636 km N of Adi Keyh, Eritrea · 1155 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.042 km S of Massawa, Eritrea · 1114 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
Before
- 4.734 km ENE of Dek’emhāre, Eritrea · 1157 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 4.531 km SSW of Massawa, Eritrea · 1157 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.833 km ENE of Dek’emhāre, Eritrea · 1157 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.239 km SSW of Massawa, Eritrea · 1157 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.437 km NNE of Adi Keyh, Eritrea · 1157 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.6Eritrea · 1157 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 10
- 4.3Eritrea-Ethiopia border region · 1184 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kxe0. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:44 AM UTC.