Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake - Southern Red Sea Region, 204 km southeast of asamara, Central, Eritrea, on Thursday, Oct 19, 2023 at 8:30 am (GMT +3)

Updated: Oct 19, 2023 10:34 GMT - just now

19 Oct 05:49 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 18 minutes.
19 Oct 05:59: Now using data updates from USGS

Earthquake details

Date & time	Oct 19, 2023 05:30:47 UTC - 5 hours ago
Local time at epicenter	Thursday, Oct 19, 2023 at 8:30 am (GMT +3)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.5
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	14.5904°N / 40.6631°E (Araeta, Southern Red Sea Region, Eritrea)
Antipode	14.59°S / 139.337°W
Shaking intensity	Moderate shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Dallol (55 km / 34 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	133 km (83 mi) WNW of Edd (Southern Red Sea) (pop: 11,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 134 km (83 mi) ENE of Ādīgrat (Tigray, Ethiopia) (pop: 65,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 171 km (106 mi) SE of Massawa (Mitsiwa, Northern Red Sea) (pop: 23,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 177 km (110 mi) NE of Mek'ele (Tigray, Ethiopia) (pop: 215,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 204 km (127 mi) ESE of asamara (Maekel) (pop: 563,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 272 km (169 mi) ESE of karan (Anseba) (pop: 74,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 285 km (177 mi) NW of Assab (Southern Red Sea) (pop: 21,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Clear Sky 32.3°C (90 F), humidity: 48%, wind: 3 m/s (6 kts) from WNW
Estimated seismic energy released	3.5 x 10¹¹ joules (98.6 megawatt hours, equivalent to 84.8 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy