A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Metahāra in Ethiopia. Event id: us6000ph2v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ph2v. Exact location of earthquake, 39.8628° East, 8.8889° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/01/25 / 2025-01-02 10:17:40 / January 2, 2025 @ 10:17 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 10:17:40 / 10:17 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Debre Birhan, Mojo, Wenjī (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Nazrēt (c. 214 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Mojo (c. 34 500 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Wenjī (c. 17 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop). Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fourty-nine, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 6 km WSW of Metahāra, Ethiopia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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