A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Abomsa in Ethiopia on Monday. The temblor was detected at 22:13:22 / 10:13 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000pgjz. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pgjz. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.3074 East, latitude 9.8216 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/12/24 / 2024-12-30 22:13:22 / December 30, 2024 @ 10:13 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Āwash, Debre Birhan, Debre Sīna (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (54 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Gewanē (c. 11 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Debre Sīna (c. 9 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days thirty-nine 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 39 km ESE of Abomsa, Ethiopia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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