A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/12/24 / 2024-12-30 07:42:21 / December 30, 2024 @ 7:42 am. The temblor was detected at 07:42:21 / 7:42 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pgg2. Id of event: us6000pgg2. Exact location, longitude 40.188° East, latitude 8.7404° North, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Sirre (c. 10 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sirre, Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days thirty-four 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 26 km S of Āwash, Ethiopia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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