A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Metahāra in Ethiopia on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000pjdb. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pjdb. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/01/25 / 2025-01-11 03:22:38 / January 11, 2025 @ 3:22 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:22:38 / 3:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 39.9515° East, latitude 8.6436° North, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Nazrēt (c. 214 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Mojo (c. 34 500 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Wenjī (c. 17 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Huruta (c. 12 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mojo, Huruta, Wenjī (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days sixty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 28 km S of Metahāra, Ethiopia.
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