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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Debre Sīna in Ethiopia

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Debre Sīna in Ethiopia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 22:18:32 / 10:18 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 08/08/25 / 2025-08-08 22:18:32 / August 8, 2025 @ 10:18 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000qz8q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qz8q. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.1191 East, latitude 9.5103 North, depth = 10 km.

Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Gewanē (c. 11 300 pop). Close 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 Āsbe Teferī, Gewanē, Gelemso.

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

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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: 54 km SE of Debre Sīna, Ethiopia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	40.1191° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.5103° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	54 km SE of Debre Sīna, Ethiopia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-08-08 22:18:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-08-08 22:47:19	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	5	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	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	328	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	42	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.35	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.95 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	256	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	us6000qz8q	Id of event.
Event Code	6000qz8q	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000qz8q,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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