Strong earthquake in the Afar depression area, Ethiopia / Eritrea region - March 24, 2018
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Update 11:11 UTC: The area has a thin crust with a lot of volcanoes and volcanic activity. The map below shows (via red patches) the magma intrusion into the very thin Afar depression. Eastern parts like Eritrea, parts of Ethiopia, Somalia etc will be gradually (thousands or millions of years) split away from mainland Africa and will first become islands and later possibly to be swallowed by the oceans. The Afar depression will be probably the first part of the region to become a sea, as a big part of it is now already below sea level) with a lot of volcanic activity underneath (just like the southern part of the Red Sea at this moment). The extension is mainly generated by the Arabian plate moving 15 mm/year to the North East while the Somalian plate moves to the South East.
Update 11:07 UTC: Seismogram as recorded in a seismological station in Djibouti
Update 10:47 UTC: This part of the desert is very sparsely populated
Update 10:45 UTC: The red line on the map shows a transform fault line, which gives the stress in this area of a beautiful desert!
Update 10:42 UTC: Based on the present earthquake parameters (Magnitude, Depth, Population, etc) and our experience with earthquake damage impact, earthquake-report.com does expect at least some slight damage like cracks in walls, fallen tiles, etc.
Most important Earthquake Data:
Magnitude : 4.9
Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2018-03-24 13:27:33
GMT/UTC Time : 2018-03-24 10:27:33
Depth (Hypocenter) : 10 km
Depth and Magnitude updates in the list below.
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SRC | Location | UTC Date/time | M | D | INFO | |
USGS | Ethiopia | Mar 24 10:27 | 5.2 | 10 | MAP | |
GEOFON | Ethiopia | Mar 24 10:27 | 5.1 | 10 | MAP | |
EMSC | Ethiopia | Mar 24 10:27 | 4.9 | 10 | MAP I Felt It INFO | |
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