A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 05:12:12 / 5:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 40.0229 East, latitude 9.2758 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000pg3e. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pg3e. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/12/24 / 2024-12-28 05:12:12 / December 28, 2024 @ 5:12 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa, Abomsa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (44 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 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 ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 36 km NNW of Āwash, Ethiopia.
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