A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Metahāra in Ethiopia on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 02:17:43 / 2:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/01/25 / 2025-01-16 02:17:43 / January 16, 2025 @ 2:17 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000pkbv. Event ids that are associated: us6000pkbv. Exact location, longitude 39.8931° East, latitude 9.2212° North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Abomsa, Gelemso, Debre Sīna (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Debre Sīna (c. 9 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty-six, 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 have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 35 km N of Metahāra, Ethiopia.
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