List of earthquakes in Eritrea

This is a list of earthquakes in Eritrea:

Date Region M MMI Deaths Injuries Comments Sources
1733-11-29 Ethiopia–Eritrea Some NGDC[1]
1861-05-07 Ethopia-Dubbi - 106 Two villages destroyed. Shock part of a sequence that accompanied eruption of Dubbi Volcano NGDC[1]
1875-11-02 Ethiopia–Eritrea 6.2 NGDC[1]
1884-07-20 Massawa–Muncullo 6.2 Moderate damage / tsunami / many houses destroyed NGDC[1]
1913-02-27 Asmara VI NGDC[1]
1915-09-23 Asmara 6. 8 Ms, 6.2 Mw VI NGDC[1][2]
1921-08-14 Massawa 5.9 Ms  VIII A few NGDC[1]
1945-03-31 Asmara 6.2 Mw 
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See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g NGDC 1972
  2. ^ "M 6.2 – Eritrea-Ethiopia border region". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2017-04-03.

Sources

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