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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Āwash in Ethiopia


Earthquake location 9.1226S, 40.0768WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. Event id: us7000nh6y. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nh6y. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/09/24 / 2024-09-30 02:44:33 / September 30, 2024 @ 2:44 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:44:33 / 2:44 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 40.0768° East, 9.1226° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abomsa, Debre Sīna, Āsbe Teferī (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop).

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

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 18 km NNW of Āwash, Ethiopia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 40.0768° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.1226° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18 km NNW 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 2024-09-30 02:44:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-01 03:42:57 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 312 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 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.627 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 110 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 us7000nh6y Id of event.
Event Code 7000nh6y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nh6y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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