A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Metahāra in Ethiopia on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 39.9108 East, latitude 9.1861 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 05:44:31 / 5:44 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pgll. Unique identifier: us6000pgll. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/12/24 / 2024-12-31 05:44:31 / December 31, 2024 @ 5:44 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Abomsa, Gelemso, Debre Sīna. Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Debre Sīna (c. 9 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 31 km N of Metahāra, Ethiopia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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