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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Āwash in Ethiopia

Posted by admin on September 28, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 8.9123S, 40.2427WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000ngx8. Event ids that are associated: us7000ngx8. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.2427 East, latitude 8.9123 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/09/24 / 2024-09-27 23:45:24 / September 27, 2024 @ 11:45 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:45:24 / 11:45 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa, Metahāra (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 11 km SE of Āwash, 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 40.2427° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.9123° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km SE of Āwash, Ethiopia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-27 23:45:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-28 00:08:19 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 326 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.652 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 262 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 us7000ngx8 Id of event.
Event Code 7000ngx8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ngx8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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