A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pgw3. Unique identifier: us6000pgw3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/01/25 / 2025-01-01 15:26:08 / January 1, 2025 @ 3:26 pm. The temblor was reported at 15:26:08 / 3:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.1358 East, latitude 9.1873 North, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Abomsa, Debre Birhan, Debre Sīna (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days fourty-seven, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km N of Āwash, Ethiopia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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