A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Metahāra in Ethiopia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 39.8111 East, latitude 8.7882 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/01/25 / 2025-01-09 05:59:03 / January 9, 2025 @ 5:59 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:59:03 / 5:59 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000plg7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000plg7.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bishoftu, Huruta, Mojo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 65 km (41 miles) from Nazrēt (c. 214 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Bishoftu (c. 104 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Mojo (c. 34 500 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Wenjī (c. 17 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km SW of Metahāra, Ethiopia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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