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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag has occurred near Āwash in Ethiopia

Posted by admin on January 3, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 9.2986S, 40.4246WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000phnz. Id of event: us6000phnz. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 40.4246° East, 9.2986° North. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:01:45 / 5:01 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 03/01/25 / 2025-01-03 17:01:45 / January 3, 2025 @ 5:01 pm UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 107 km (66 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hīrna (c. 12 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Deder, Debre Birhan, Gewanē (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days fifty-eight, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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: 44 km NE of Āwash, Ethiopia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 40.4246° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.2986° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44 km NE of Āwash, Ethiopia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-03 17:01:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-03 17:22:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 7.178 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 466 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 130 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.255 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 59 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000phnz Id of event.
Event Code 6000phnz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000phnz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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