A January 3, 2025 earthquake event in Ethiopia, with a magnitude of 5.5 at a depth of 10.0 km. The dataset, produced by the World Food Programme's Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system, provides geospatial analysis of the event's impact, including an estimated 459,121 people affected within a 50km radius of the epicenter.
Use Cases
- Map population exposure to seismic hazards based on the reported 50km impact radius.
- Model potential infrastructure damage based on the earthquake's magnitude and depth.
- Coordinate emergency response logistics using the precise latitude and longitude of the epicenter.
- Assess humanitarian needs based on the estimated number of impacted people.
Strengths
- Provides a precise epicenter location at latitude 9.2986 and longitude 40.4246.
- Includes a specific impact estimate of 459,121 people within 50km.
- Contains key event parameters: magnitude 5.5 and depth 10.0 km.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping
- Collection Method
- Collected, analyzed, and mapped by the Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system following a sudden onset humanitarian emergency.
- Time Range
- January 3, 2025
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 21:46:44.727759; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- 30km NW of Asebot, Ethiopia