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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Āwash in Ethiopia

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Earthquake location 9.1019S, 40.0786WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/01/25 / 2025-01-01 06:45:49 / January 1, 2025 @ 6:45 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000pgt2. Event ids that are associated: us6000pgt2. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 40.0786° East, 9.1019° North. The temblor was reported at 06:45:49 / 6:45 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Debre Sīna, Debre Birhan, Āsbe Teferī. Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fourty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 16 km NW of Āwash, Ethiopia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 40.0786° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.1019° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16 km NW of Āwash, Ethiopia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-01 06:45:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-01 07:31:10 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 298 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.639 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 258 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000pgt2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pgt2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pgt2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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