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From 27 September to 2 November 2024, an earthquake swarm consisting of 17 earthquakes above M w 4.0 occurred in the Awash Fentale area of the Afar Region. [2] Shaking from these earthquakes was felt across much of the Oromia Region, causing widespread concern. [3]
In recent weeks, there have been more than a dozen seismic events around Awash Fentale - an earthquake-prone area of Ethiopia's Afar region. Abdu Ali, the chief administrator of the local area in ...
Awash Subah is a market town in central Ethiopia. Located in Administrative Zone 3 of the Afar Region, above a gorge on the Awash River, after which the town is named, [1] the town lies on the Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway, which crosses the gorge by a bridge there. It is the largest settlement in Awash Fentale woreda.
This is a list of earthquakes in 2024. ... Some homes collapsed, [331] two others, a mosque and a school damaged and ground cracks appeared in the Awash Fentale area.
Awash Fentale is a woreda in Afar Region, Ethiopia. Part of the Administrative Zone 3, Awash Fentale is bordered on the south by the Oromia Region, on the west by the Amhara Region, on the north by Dulecha, and on the east by Amibara. Towns in Awash Fentale include Awash Sebat Kilo and Sabure.
3 January – 2024–25 Ethiopian earthquakes: Volcanic activity is reported in Awash Fentale in Afar Region. [2] 10 January – Ethiopia launches its first stock exchange since the imperial period of Haile Selassie. [3] [4] 11 January – Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud makes a surprise visit to Ethiopia following their peace agreement ...
Philip Briggs describes Mount Fentale as being crowned by a 350-metre-deep (1,150 ft) crater. Briggs concludes that this volcano "is responsible for the bleak hundred-year-old lava flows that cross the road immediately west of Metehara, and its steam vents can sometimes be seen displaying from the surrounding plains at night."
27 September – a series of earthquakes began with initial epicenter from Afar Region's Awash Fentale and later spread across much of central Ethiopia. [ 22 ] October