A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Sīrē in Ethiopia. Event id: us6000pgkb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pgkb. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 39.9434° East, 8.4184° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:30:54 / 11:30 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 30/12/24 / 2024-12-30 23:30:54 / December 30, 2024 @ 11:30 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mojo, Gelemso, Nazrēt (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Nazrēt (c. 214 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Mojo (c. 34 500 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Wenjī (c. 17 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Huruta (c. 12 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 51 km ENE of Sīrē, Ethiopia.
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