February 19, 1909 Earthquake: Djibouti, Yemen
An earthquake struck Djibouti, Yemen on February 19, 1909 at 03:30 UTC.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- February 19, 1909
- Time
- 03:30 UTC
- Place
- Djibouti, Yemen
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 11.700° N, 42.500° E
- Country
- Djibouti
- Region
- Central, Western and Southern Africa
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
1909 February 19, Ethiopia. An earthquake shock was felt in Djibouti at 6.0 a.m. local time. Due to a misprint in a Yemeni chronicle, the earthquake is often associated with a damaging earthquake at Wainan in Yemen. However, the earthquake in question is actually the Gulf of Corinth event of 30 May 1909, and the Yemeni shock should be deleted from catalogues (reference #3845)
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #3845 Ambraseys, N.N., C.P. Melville, and R.D. Adams (1994). The Seismicity of Egypt, Arabia and the Red Sea. University Press, Cambridge, 181 p.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 10977.