Ethiopia lies along the Great Rift Valley– a part of the East African Rift System. This system is one of the most extensive rifts on Earth’s surface, and extends from Jordan in southwestern Asia through eastern Africa,

Ethiopia’s government said it is evacuating approximately 80,000 people following a series of small-scale earthquakes in the Afar, Oromia and Amhara regions. At least 10 earthquakes were reported in Ethiopia since Friday,

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck northern Ethiopia Friday, where a volcano erupted after months of increased seismic activity, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) and local media said.