A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Gewanē in Ethiopia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rfn5. Id of event: us6000rfn5. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.4906 East, latitude 10.5421 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/09/25 / 2025-09-15 18:03:06 / September 15, 2025 @ 6:03 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:03:06 / 6:03 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Kemisē (c. 23 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Batī (c. 19 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Gewanē (c. 11 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Batī, Abomsa, Kemisē (min 5000 pop).
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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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: 44 km NNW of Gewanē, Ethiopia.
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