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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 20 km N of Metahāra, Ethiopia


Earthquake location 9.0865S, 39.9241WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 39.9241° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.0865° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km N of Metahāra, Ethiopia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-26 12:22:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-27 16:16:18 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 354 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 76 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.764 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 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 us7000nnhu Id of event.
Event Code 7000nnhu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nnhu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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