Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Āwash in Ethiopia

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/12/24 / 2024-12-29 22:20:42 / December 29, 2024 @ 10:20 pm. Exact location, longitude 40.1054° East, latitude 9.3617° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:20:42 / 10:20 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000pgct. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pgct.

Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bedēsa, Āsbe Teferī, Gelemso. Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	40.1054° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.3617° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	42 km N 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	2024-12-29 22:20:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-29 22:41:24	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.5	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	401	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	32	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	0.9 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	232	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000pgct	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pgct	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pgct,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.1 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

40.1054° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

9.3617° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

42 km N 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

2024-12-29 22:20:42

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2024-12-29 22:41:24

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

3.5

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

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

401

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

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

0.9 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

232

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mww

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us6000pgct

Id of event.

Event Code

6000pgct

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us6000pgct,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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