A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pg9h. Id of event: us6000pg9h. Global time and date of event 28/12/24 / 2024-12-28 17:30:10 / December 28, 2024 @ 5:30 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 39.9851 East, latitude 9.1341 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 17:30:10 / 5:30 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bedēsa, Debre Sīna, Debre Birhan (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Debre Sīna (c. 9 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
Did you feel anything?
How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 26 km NW of Āwash, Ethiopia.
Copyright © 2024 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply