A 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck approximately 570 kilometers east of Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and about 140 kilometers from the capital Addis Ababa at 7:36 AM Cairo time, Friday. The quake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers. Local media reported that the epicenter of the earthquake was located in the Ethiopian Rift Valley (an extension of the Great Rift Valley). Ethiopia previously experienced a 4.4 magnitude earthquake on May 8, 2023, less than 100 kilometers from the GERD, making it the closest earthquake to the dam in over a century. A ticking time-bomb According to the latest data, the GERD currently contains 60 billion cubic meters of water – equivalent to
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