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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 16 km NNW of Āwash, Ethiopia


Earthquake location 9.1173S, 40.1096WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nn6g. Id of event: us7000nn6g. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:20:00 / 6:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.1096 East, latitude 9.1173 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/10/24 / 2024-10-07 18:20:00 / October 7, 2024 @ 6:20 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Debre Sīna, Debre Birhan, Āsbe Teferī (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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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: 16 km NNW of Āwash, Ethiopia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 40.1096° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.1173° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16 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 2024-10-07 18:20:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-28 14:32:49 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 271 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.43 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us7000nn6g Id of event.
Event Code 7000nn6g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nn6g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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