A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. Global time and date of event 03/01/25 / 2025-01-03 01:34:21 / January 3, 2025 @ 1:34 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 40.1082 East, latitude 8.8725 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:34:21 / 1:34 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000phc7. Unique identifier: us6000phc7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 99 km (62 miles) from Nazrēt (c. 214 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Sirre (c. 10 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nazrēt, Sirre, Āsbe Teferī.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days fifty-eight, in the past 30 days sixty and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 13 km SSW of Āwash, Ethiopia.
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