A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:10:29 / 1:10 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000pj5v. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pj5v. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.1286 East, latitude 8.9068 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/01/25 / 2025-01-10 13:10:29 / January 10, 2025 @ 1:10 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sirre, Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa. Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Sirre (c. 10 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and two and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 9 km SSW of Āwash, Ethiopia.
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