A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Metahāra in Ethiopia on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us6000pglz. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pglz. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 39.9384 East, latitude 8.9474 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/12/24 / 2024-12-31 07:20:03 / December 31, 2024 @ 7:20 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 07:20:03 / 7:20 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bedēsa, Debre Birhan, Wenjī. Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Nazrēt (c. 214 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Wenjī (c. 17 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km NNE of Metahāra, Ethiopia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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