Ethiopia Earthquake Impact Assessment for October 2025 Event

815,772 people were impacted by a magnitude 5.6 earthquake near Womberta, Ethiopia, on October 11, 2025. The dataset provides the epicenter coordinates and impact radius from the World Food Programme's Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system. It was last updated on May 21, 2026.

Use Cases

• Model population exposure to seismic hazards based on the reported 50km impact radius.
• Map the affected area for relief coordination using the provided latitude and longitude coordinates.
• Analyze the relationship between earthquake magnitude, depth, and population impact for risk assessment.

Strengths

• Includes specific impact figures, reporting 815,772 people affected.
• Provides precise geospatial coordinates (latitude 13.6508, longitude 39.8628) for the epicenter.
• Sourced from WFP's operational ADAM system for humanitarian emergencies.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the source platform and event.

Provenance

Source

WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping (ADAM)

Collection Method

Collected, analyzed, and mapped by an automated system following a sudden-onset humanitarian emergency.

Time Range

Event date: October 11, 2025. Data reflects impact assessment from that period.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 22:09:29.256676; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Epicenter 7km NE of Womberta, Ethiopia. Impact assessed within a 50km radius.