A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.095 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/01/25 / 2025-01-10 23:58:28 / January 10, 2025 @ 11:58 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 40.1556 East, latitude 9.0078 North, depth = 9.095 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pjbk. Unique identifier: us6000pjbk. The temblor was picked up at 23:58:28 / 11:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa, Gelemso (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 3 km (2 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days sixty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 2 km NNW of Āwash, Ethiopia.
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