A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Metahāra in Ethiopia. Exact location of earthquake, 39.9495° East, 8.8779° North, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pgp7. Unique identifier: us6000pgp7. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:28:34 / 4:28 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/12/24 / 2024-12-31 16:28:34 / December 31, 2024 @ 4:28 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. 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, Wenjī, Nazrēt (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Nazrēt (c. 214 000 pop), 4 km (3 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Wenjī (c. 17 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 eleven, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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 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: 4 km SE of Metahāra, Ethiopia.
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