A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:12:23 / 3:12 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/01/25 / 2025-01-04 03:12:23 / January 4, 2025 @ 3:12 am. Event id: us6000phsb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000phsb. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.0846 East, latitude 9.2433 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop). Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa, Abomsa (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days sixty-two, in the past 30 days sixty-six and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 30 km NNW of Āwash, Ethiopia.
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