A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. The temblor was detected at 16:21:35 / 4:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/12/24 / 2024-12-29 16:21:35 / December 29, 2024 @ 4:21 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pgbg. Id of event: us6000pgbg. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.1933 East, latitude 9.0668 North, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa, Gelemso. The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 9 km NNE of Āwash, Ethiopia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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