A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 40.2576° East, 8.9724° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 04/01/25 / 2025-01-04 09:40:32 / January 4, 2025 @ 9:40 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:40:32 / 9:40 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000phu8. Event ids that are associated: us6000phu8.
Country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Hīrna (c. 12 300 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hīrna, Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa (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 seven, in the last 10 days sixty-five, in the past 30 days sixty-nine and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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