A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/12/24 / 2024-12-30 20:33:10 / December 30, 2024 @ 8:33 pm. The temblor was detected at 20:33:10 / 8:33 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pgjf. Unique identifier: us6000pgjf. Exact location of earthquake, 40.0113° East, 9.1781° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa, Abomsa. The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days fourty 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 27 km NW of Āwash, Ethiopia.
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