A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/01/25 / 2025-01-02 03:17:56 / January 2, 2025 @ 3:17 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000pgzy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pgzy. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:17:56 / 3:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 40.0418° East, 9.0652° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Debre Sīna, Āsbe Teferī, Debre Birhan (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fourty-eight, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km WNW of Āwash, Ethiopia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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