Moderate earthquake: M5.3 quake has struck near Āwash in Ethiopia

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000pihw. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pihw. The temblor was reported at 00:53:29 / 12:53 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.2358 East, latitude 9.199 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/01/25 / 2025-01-08 00:53:29 / January 8, 2025 @ 12:53 am.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hīrna, Debre Birhan, Abomsa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 94 km (58 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Hīrna (c. 12 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seventy-five, in the past 30 days ninety and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	40.2358° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.199° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	25 km NNE 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	2025-01-08 00:53:29	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-08 01:18:05	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.9	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	433	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	88	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	15.108	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.14 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	103	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000pihw	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pihw	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pihw,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

40.2358° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

9.199° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

25 km NNE 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

2025-01-08 00:53:29

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2025-01-08 01:18:05

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

2.9

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

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

433

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

15.108

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.14 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

103

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mww

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us6000pihw

Id of event.

Event Code

6000pihw

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us6000pihw,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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