Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Robīt in Ethiopia

A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Robīt in Ethiopia. Exact location of event, longitude 39.6808 East, latitude 11.6691 North, depth = 9.611 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.611 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/24 / 2024-07-06 16:36:56 / July 6, 2024 @ 4:36 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000myvx. Event ids that are associated: us7000myvx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 16:36:56 / 4:36 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Desē (c. 136 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kombolcha (c. 93 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Korem (c. 30 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Robīt (c. 20 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Batī (c. 19 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Lalībela (c. 11 200 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 Korem, Lalībela, Kombolcha.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 have been detected nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 38 km S of Robīt, Ethiopia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	39.6808° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	11.6691° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.611 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	38 km S of Robīt, Ethiopia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-07-06 16:36:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-31 18:59:31	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	298	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	17	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.927	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.57 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	107	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	us7000myvx	Id of event.
Event Code	7000myvx	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000myvx,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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