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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Āwash in Ethiopia


Earthquake location 8.9435S, 40.1637WA 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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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: 4 km S of Āwash, Ethiopia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 40.1637° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.9435° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km S 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 2024-12-24 12:05:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-25 08:50:39 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 312 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.685 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 150 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 us6000pffp Id of event.
Event Code 6000pffp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pffp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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