A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Abomsa in Ethiopia on Friday. The temblor was reported at 14:27:20 / 2:27 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000phl5. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000phl5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/01/25 / 2025-01-03 14:27:20 / January 3, 2025 @ 2:27 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.0738 East, latitude 9.6551 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Metahāra, Gewanē, Āwash. Close country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Gewanē (c. 11 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Debre Sīna (c. 9 400 pop).
Every 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 nine, in the last 10 days fifty-one, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 37 km SSE of Abomsa, Ethiopia.
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