List of earthquakes in Ethiopia

This is a list of notable earthquakes that have taken place in the history of Ethiopia.

Earthquakes

Date	Region	Mag.	MMI	Deaths	Injuries	Total damage / notes
2010-12-16	Jimma, Hosaena, Shenk'ola, Wenjela	5.1 Mb			Many	Many houses damaged	NGDC 1972
1973-04-01	Ethiopia, Djibouti	5.9 Ms				Moderate	NGDC 1972
1969-03-29	Sardo	6.2 Ms	IX	40	160	Many houses destroyed	NGDC 1972
1961-06-01	Karakore	6.5 Ms	IX	30	Many	Moderate	NGDC 1972
1921-08-14	Massawa Subregion	5.9 Ms	VIII	Some		Severe	NGDC 1972
1875-11-02	Tigray Region	6.2		Some		Severe	NGDC 1972
1845-02-12				Some			NGDC 1972
1842-12-08	Ankober		IX	Many		Severe	NGDC 1972
1733-11-29				Some			NGDC 1972
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand-alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

References

• NGDC (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K

Further reading

• Hofstetter, R.; Beyth, M. (2003). "The Afar Depression: interpretation of the 1960–2000 earthquakes". Geophysical Journal International. 155 (2): 715–732. Bibcode:2003GeoJI.155..715H. doi:10.1046/j.1365-246x.2003.02080.x. ISSN 0956-540X.