A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. The temblor was picked up at 12:05:15 / 12:05 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us6000pffp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pffp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.1637 East, latitude 8.9435 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/12/24 / 2024-12-24 12:05:15 / December 24, 2024 @ 12:05 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 4 km (3 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa, Gelemso. Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nineteen 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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