A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Metahāra in Ethiopia on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 40.0047° East, 8.9491° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:22:14 / 6:22 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000pjnm. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pjnm. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/01/25 / 2025-01-13 06:22:14 / January 13, 2025 @ 6:22 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wenjī, Debre Birhan, Āsbe Teferī. Close country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Nazrēt (c. 214 000 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Wenjī (c. 17 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fifty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 11 km ENE of Metahāra, Ethiopia.
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