Seismic upheaval in the Awash Fentale area has uprooted thousands from their homes. It has also raised questions about the ...

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

A recent seismic earthquake impact assessment conducted in the Fentale district of the East Shewa Zone, Oromia region, revealed that humanitarian needs in the area remain "severe" as communities ...

Morocco’s largest private museum has undergone a redesign that shows more of the permanent collection as well as ...

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Africa has been gradually splitting into two, slowly creating what will be a new ocean. While we first learned about this two ...

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 ...