A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/12/24 / 2024-12-28 17:51:04 / December 28, 2024 @ 5:51 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000pg6a. Event ids that are associated: us6000pg6a. The temblor was detected at 17:51:04 / 5:51 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 40.0753° East, latitude 9.3117° North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa, Abomsa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 37 km NNW of Āwash, Ethiopia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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