A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/01/25 / 2025-01-03 02:10:37 / January 3, 2025 @ 2:10 am. The temblor was detected at 02:10:37 / 2:10 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000phcd. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000phcd. Exact location, longitude 40.3441° East, latitude 9.1947° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 59 km (36 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Hīrna (c. 12 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abomsa, Hīrna, Āsbe Teferī (min 5000 pop).
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-nine, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 30 km NE of Āwash, Ethiopia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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