A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 40.0594 East, latitude 9.2656 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:57:24 / 3:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/12/24 / 2024-12-29 03:57:24 / December 29, 2024 @ 3:57 am. Id of earthquake: us6000pg8c. Event ids that are associated: us6000pg8c.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa, Abomsa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 33 km NNW of Āwash, Ethiopia.
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