A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Turmi in Ethiopia. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000my68. Unique identifier: us6000my68. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 21:36:09 / 9:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 36.7268 East, latitude 5.2595 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/05/24 / 2024-05-12 21:36:09 / May 12, 2024 @ 9:36 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 44 km (27 miles) from Jinka (c. 32 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Bako (c. 17 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Gīdolē (c. 10 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gīdolē, Bako, Jinka.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 42 km NE of Turmi, Ethiopia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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