A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ngt3. Id of event: us7000ngt3. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/09/24 / 2024-09-27 12:20:07 / September 27, 2024 @ 12:20 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:20:07 / 12:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 40.0291 East, latitude 9.1726 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Āsbe Teferī, Abomsa, Bedēsa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 93 km (57 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 25 km NW of Āwash, Ethiopia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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