A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Metahāra in Ethiopia on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us7000pbaq. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pbaq. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 39.8215° East, 9.2159° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 18:37:17 / 6:37 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/02/25 / 2025-02-04 18:37:17 / February 4, 2025 @ 6:37 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gelemso, Sendafa, Abomsa. Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Debre Sīna (c. 9 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eighty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-seven 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 36 km NNW of Metahāra, Ethiopia.
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