Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 5 km SSE of Metahāra, Ethiopia

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Metahāra in Ethiopia. The temblor was detected at 01:12:40 / 1:12 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000phmn. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000phmn. Exact location of earthquake, 39.9293° East, 8.8545° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/12/24 / 2024-12-23 01:12:40 / December 23, 2024 @ 1:12 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Nazrēt (c. 214 000 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Wenjī (c. 17 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Sirre (c. 10 100 pop). Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wenjī, Nazrēt, Sirre (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 5 km SSE of Metahāra, Ethiopia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	39.9293° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	8.8545° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km SSE of Metahāra, Ethiopia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-23 01:12:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-16 04:37:38	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	271	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	17	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.235	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.18 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	83	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000phmn	Id of event.
Event Code	6000phmn	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000phmn,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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