A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. Exact location of event, longitude 40.0109 East, latitude 9.0671 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 14:04:27 / 2:04 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/01/25 / 2025-01-05 14:04:27 / January 5, 2025 @ 2:04 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000phzx. Unique identifier: us6000phzx.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Debre Sīna, Bedēsa, Debre Birhan. Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Debre Sīna (c. 9 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days seventy-four, in the past 30 days seventy-eight and in the last 365 days ninety-three 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km WNW of Āwash, Ethiopia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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