A series of earthquakes with their epicenter in the Awash Fentale area have displaced close to 10,000 residents in the North Shewa Zone of the Amhara region, which borders the Afar region.

Ethiopia's Afar and Oromia regions have been hit by several earthquakes and tremors since the beginning of 2025. The ...

A semi-desert plain that lies between two rugged mountains has, for about five months, been the epicenter of volcanic ...

A parliamentary oversight team has found that efforts to support citizens affected by earthquakes in Ethiopia's Afar region are insufficient, the House of People's Representatives reported on January ...

In recent weeks, the region has experienced more than a dozen minor earthquakes, prompting residents to look at the issue with concern.

Jan 11 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck Ethiopia, east of the capital Addis Ababa, early on Saturday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was shallow ...

it has identified the epicenter of the earthquake and deployed emergency workers from various fields in 12 kebeles [districts] to assess the extent of the damage,” the statement from Ethiopia ...

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck northern Ethiopia Friday, where a volcano erupted after months of increased seismic activity, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) and local ...

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck an area located 25 kilometers northeast of Awash, Ethiopia, this morning. The US Geological Survey reported that the quake occurred at 9.199 degrees north latitude ...

The Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Council has announced that more than 58,000 citizens have been relocated from Afar ...

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But it’s rare for earthquakes to directly trigger volcanic eruptions in Ethiopia. The current episode of earthquake activity is being caused by magmatic activity in Oromia and Afar region.