A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Sīrē in Ethiopia on Wednesday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:08:16 / 3:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 39.9675° East, latitude 8.3544° North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/01/25 / 2025-01-01 15:08:16 / January 1, 2025 @ 3:08 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000pgw0. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pgw0. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Nazrēt (c. 214 000 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Mojo (c. 34 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Wenjī (c. 17 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Huruta (c. 12 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mojo, Nazrēt, Gelemso (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 53 km E of Sīrē, Ethiopia.
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