List of earthquakes in Eritrea

This is a list of earthquakes in Eritrea:

Date	Region	M	MMI	Deaths	Injuries	Comments	Sources
1733-11-29	Ethiopia–Eritrea			Some			NGDC [1]
1861-05-07	Ethopia-Dubbi	-		106		Two villages destroyed. Shock part of a sequence that accompanied eruption of Dubbi Volcano	NGDC [1]
1875-11-02	Ethiopia–Eritrea	6.2					NGDC [1]
1884-07-20	Massawa–Muncullo	6.2				Moderate damage / tsunami / many houses destroyed	NGDC [1]
1913-02-27	Asmara		VI				NGDC [1]
1915-09-23	Asmara	6. 8 Ms , 6.2 Mw	VI				NGDC [1] [2]
1921-08-14	Massawa	5.9 Ms	VIII	A few			NGDC [1]
1945-03-31	Asmara	6.2 Mw
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

See also

• Geology of Eritrea

References

1. NGDC 1972
2. "M 6.2 – Eritrea-Ethiopia border region". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2017-04-03.

Sources

• NGDC (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K, archived from the original on September 29, 2006