M4.4 earthquake 27 km NE of Massawa, Eritrea
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 27 km NE of Massawa, Eritrea on Fri, Apr 19, 2024, 12:19 PM GMT+3 (09:19 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 26 km NE 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-04-19 09:19:22 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.760° N, 39.682° 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 6.3 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 75°
- Stations used
- 64
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.159 km NE of Massawa, Eritrea · 886 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.726 km NE of Massawa, Eritrea · 878 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.030 km ENE of Massawa, Eritrea · 878 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.235 km NE of Massawa, Eritrea · 878 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.425 km ENE of Massawa, Eritrea · 878 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000md3v. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:47 PM UTC.