A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Metahāra in Ethiopia. Exact location of earthquake, 39.9715° East, 8.8674° North, depth 10 km. Event id: us6000pjkx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pjkx. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/01/25 / 2025-01-12 19:49:15 / January 12, 2025 @ 7:49 pm. The temblor was reported at 19:49:15 / 7:49 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Debre Birhan, Āsbe Teferī, Mojo. Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Nazrēt (c. 214 000 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Mojo (c. 34 500 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Wenjī (c. 17 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 7 km ESE of Metahāra, Ethiopia.
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