A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Metahāra in Ethiopia. Exact location, longitude 39.8402° East, latitude 8.6227° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:30:46 / 8:30 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/12/24 / 2024-12-30 08:30:46 / December 30, 2024 @ 8:30 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pggc. Unique identifier: us6000pggc.
Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Nazrēt (c. 214 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Mojo (c. 34 500 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Wenjī (c. 17 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Huruta (c. 12 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mojo, Gelemso, Huruta (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km SSW of Metahāra, Ethiopia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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