A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Gelemso in Ethiopia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/12/24 / 2024-12-29 23:16:52 / December 29, 2024 @ 11:16 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.1746 East, latitude 8.3287 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000pgg6. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pgg6. The temblor was reported at 23:16:52 / 11:16 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Huruta, Bedēsa, Sirre. The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Huruta (c. 12 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Sirre (c. 10 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 65 km SW of Gelemso, Ethiopia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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