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Natural Disasters in Ethiopia

44 significant events

Significant natural disasters recorded within Ethiopia, sorted by magnitude and impact. Location is determined from coordinates against modern national borders; each event has its own page with date, source and nearby events.

  1. 1.1906 CEEarthquake — 8 km E of Goba, Ethiopia (Mw 6.51)
  2. 2.1989 CEEarthquake — 12 km ENE of Gâlâfi, Djibouti (Mw 6.5)
  3. 3.1906 CEEarthquake — Ethiopia, Langano (Mw 6.5)
  4. 4.1919 CEEarthquake — 10 km SE of Jinka, Ethiopia (Mw 6.43)
  5. 5.1937 CEEarthquake — 31 km E of Turmi, Ethiopia (Mw 6.41)
  6. 6.1989 CEEarthquake — 17 km NNE of Gâlâfi, Djibouti (Mw 6.4)
  7. 7.1989 CEEarthquake — Djibouti, Galafi, Yabaki, Ethiopia (Ms 6.3)· 6 deaths
  8. 8.1987 CEEarthquake — 28 km SSE of Jinka, Ethiopia (Mw 6.3)
  9. 9.1938 CEEarthquake — 47 km ESE of Kemis?, Ethiopia (Mw 6.29)
  10. 10.1915 CEEarthquake — 42 km NNW of Axum, Ethiopia (Mw 6.22)
  11. 11.1961 CEEarthquake — Ethiopia, Karakore (Mw 6.2)· 160 deaths
  12. 12.1969 CEEarthquake — Ethiopia, Sardo (Mw 6.2)· 40 deaths
  13. 13.1969 CEEarthquake — 17 km NE of Dubti, Ethiopia (Mw 6.2)
  14. 14.1915 CEEarthquake — Eritrea, Asmara (Mw 6.2)
  15. 15.1945 CEEarthquake — 22 km S of Adi Keyh, Eritrea (Mw 6.16)
  16. 16.1961 CEEarthquake — 32 km SSW of Kemis?, Ethiopia (Mw 6.15)
  17. 17.1928 CEEarthquake — 44 km N of Arba Minch, Ethiopia (Mw 6.15)
  18. 18.1989 CEEarthquake — 18 km N of Gâlâfi, Djibouti (Mw 6.1)
  19. 19.1989 CEEarthquake — 18 km NNE of Gâlâfi, Djibouti (Ms 6.1)
  20. 20.1989 CEEarthquake — 20 km N of Gâlâfi, Djibouti (Mw 6.1)
  21. 21.1989 CEEarthquake — 26 km NNW of Gâlâfi, Djibouti (Mw 6.1)
  22. 22.1969 CEEarthquake — 36 km ENE of Dubti, Ethiopia (Mw 6.1)
  23. 23.1960 CEEarthquake — 26 km NNW of 'Ali Sabieh, Djibouti (Mw 6.07)
  24. 24.1942 CEEarthquake — 82 km ENE of Debre Werk’, Ethiopia (Mw 6.06)
  25. 25.1913 CEEarthquake — 47 km SSW of Lobuni, Ethiopia (Mw 6.06)
  26. 26.1944 CEEarthquake — 38 km NW of Hagere Maryam, Ethiopia (Mw 6.04)
  27. 27.1938 CEEarthquake — 28 km ESE of Debre S?na, Ethiopia (Mw 6.04)
  28. 28.1938 CEEarthquake — 35 km SW of Gewan?, Ethiopia (Mw 6.04)
  29. 29.1961 CEEarthquake — 31 km NW of Abomsa, Ethiopia (Mw 6.03)
  30. 30.1929 CEEarthquake — northwestern Somalia (Mw 6.03)
  31. 31.1954 CEEarthquake — 24 km W of G?dol?, Ethiopia (Mw 6.02)
  32. 32.1945 CEEarthquake — 39 km SSE of Holhol, Djibouti (Mw 6.01)
  33. 33.1929 CEEarthquake — 34 km SSE of Asaita, Ethiopia (Mw 6.01)
  34. 34.1926 CEEarthquake — 54 km NNW of Baki, Somalia (Mw 6.01)
  35. 35.1987 CEEarthquake — 13 km NE of Jinka, Ethiopia (Mw 6)
  36. 36.2011 CEVolcanic Eruption — Nabro, Eritrea (VEI 4)· 31 deaths
  37. 37.1861 CEVolcanic Eruption — Dubbi, Eritrea (VEI 3)· 106 deaths
  38. 38.2006 CEFlood — Ethiopia· 364 deaths
  39. 39.2006 CEFlood — Ethiopia· 256 deaths
  40. 40.2005 CEFlood — Ethiopia, Somalia· 177 deaths
  41. 41.2006 CEFlood — Ethiopia, Somalia· 132 deaths
  42. 42.1861 CEEarthquake — Ethiopia, Dubbi· 106 deaths
  43. 43.1994 CEFlood — Ethiopia· 87 deaths
  44. 44.1631 CEVolcanic Eruption — Dama Ali, Ethiopia· 50 deaths

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