A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. The temblor was reported at 22:22:48 / 10:22 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000phbi. Event ids that are associated: us6000phbi. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/01/25 / 2025-01-02 22:22:48 / January 2, 2025 @ 10:22 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.1663 East, latitude 9.1297 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abomsa, Debre Birhan, Debre Sīna. Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop). Close 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days fifty-five, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 16 km N of Āwash, Ethiopia.
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