A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. Event id: us6000pgj9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pgj9. Exact location of event, longitude 40.1872 East, latitude 9.0192 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/12/24 / 2024-12-30 20:27:34 / December 30, 2024 @ 8:27 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:27:34 / 8:27 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa, Gelemso (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop).
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 have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km NNE of Āwash, Ethiopia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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