The Great Rift in East Africa is one of the few spots on Earth being actively separated by tectonic activity and will ...

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

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, at ...

Malawi's most famous earthquake lake is Lake Chilwa. Located in the southeastern region, it is the second-largest lake in Malawi and a crucial wetland area. And, then there is Lake Chiuta, smaller but ...

The earthquake was felt in the capital ... The shock displaced the glass on my door," she told VOA's Horn of Africa Service. According to Zumara, the shock lasted nearly a minute and was greater ...

The East African Rift - a huge crack in the Earth ... In 2005, this area showed the rift’s unpredictability when over 420 earthquakes struck in a period, leading to the formation of a massive ...

According to the observatory, the earthquake occurred at 1:30 pm at a depth of six kilometres. No reports have been received of anyone feeling the tremor, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

Evacuations were underway in Ethiopia Saturday after a series of earthquakes, the strongest of which, a 5.8-magnitude jolt, rocked the remote north of the Horn of Africa nation. The quakes were ...

Morocco has also capitalised on the legacy its national football team, who made history as the first African team to reach ...

The earthquakes have also sparked fears of volcanic eruptions because they are happening near two active volcanoes, Fentale and Dofen. The Conversation Africa asked volcano researcher Amdemichael ...