A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. Exact location of earthquake, 40.0092° East, 9.1482° North, depth 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pgnp. Id of event: us6000pgnp. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/12/24 / 2024-12-31 13:29:28 / December 31, 2024 @ 1:29 pm. The temblor was detected at 13:29:28 / 1:29 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abomsa, Bedēsa, Debre Sīna (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 25 km NW of Āwash, Ethiopia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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