A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Metahāra in Ethiopia. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:41:25 / 7:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/12/24 / 2024-12-23 19:41:25 / December 23, 2024 @ 7:41 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000pfc3. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pfc3. Exact location, longitude 39.9808° East, latitude 9.0015° North, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Nazrēt (c. 214 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Wenjī (c. 17 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wenjī, Āsbe Teferī, Debre Sīna.
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km NNE of Metahāra, Ethiopia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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