A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Metahāra in Ethiopia. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 12:22:02 / 12:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 39.9241 East, latitude 9.0865 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/10/24 / 2024-10-26 12:22:02 / October 26, 2024 @ 12:22 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nnhu. Unique identifier: us7000nnhu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abomsa, Wenjī, Sendafa (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Nazrēt (c. 214 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Wenjī (c. 17 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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 three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 20 km N of Metahāra, Ethiopia.
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