A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. Global time and date of event 27/09/24 / 2024-09-27 23:47:54 / September 27, 2024 @ 11:47 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 40.0402° East, latitude 9.0388° North, depth = 10.266 km. Unique identifier: us6000nzkm. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nzkm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.266 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:47:54 / 11:47 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Debre Sīna, Āsbe Teferī, Debre Birhan (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Debre Sīna (c. 9 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km WNW of Āwash, Ethiopia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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