A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. Unique identifier: us6000pgep. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pgep. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/12/24 / 2024-12-30 00:28:54 / December 30, 2024 @ 12:28 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 00:28:54 / 12:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.3151 East, latitude 8.9596 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hīrna, Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa. Country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 62 km (39 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Hīrna (c. 12 300 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km E of Āwash, Ethiopia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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