Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Āwash in Ethiopia

A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. The temblor was picked up at 04:46:06 / 4:46 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pfui. Id of event: us6000pfui. Global time and date of event 27/12/24 / 2024-12-27 04:46:06 / December 27, 2024 @ 4:46 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 40.0472 East, latitude 9.4345 North, depth = 10 km.

Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gelemso, Debre Birhan, Abomsa (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Debre Sīna (c. 9 400 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 51 km NNW of Āwash, Ethiopia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	40.0472° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.4345° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	51 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	2024-12-27 04:46:06	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-27 05:04:12	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	298	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	16	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.452	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.78 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	253	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	us6000pfui	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pfui	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pfui,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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