A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Sīrē in Ethiopia on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 9.967 km, 39.8644° East, 8.3809° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000phtm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000phtm. The temblor was detected at 07:26:19 / 7:26 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 9.967 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 04/01/25 / 2025-01-04 07:26:19 / January 4, 2025 @ 7:26 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Nazrēt (c. 214 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Mojo (c. 34 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Wenjī (c. 17 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Huruta (c. 12 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gelemso, Mojo, Āwash.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 42 km E of Sīrē, Ethiopia.
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