A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Metahāra in Ethiopia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/12/24 / 2024-12-30 14:26:52 / December 30, 2024 @ 2:26 pm. 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: us6000pghr. Unique identifier: us6000pghr. Exact location of earthquake, 39.9575° East, 8.6333° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 14:26:52 / 2:26 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Nazrēt (c. 214 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Mojo (c. 34 500 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Wenjī (c. 17 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Huruta (c. 12 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bedēsa, Mojo, Huruta (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days thirty-six 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 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: 29 km S of Metahāra, Ethiopia.
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