A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. The temblor was picked up at 07:19:13 / 7:19 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/12/24 / 2024-12-29 07:19:13 / December 29, 2024 @ 7:19 am. 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 id: us6000pg9d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pg9d. Exact location, longitude 40.0833° East, latitude 9.2182° North, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Āsbe Teferī, Abomsa, Bedēsa.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 27 km NNW of Āwash, Ethiopia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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