A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 40.0208 East, latitude 9.2259 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000phv2. Unique identifier: us6000phv2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:29:13 / 3:29 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/01/25 / 2025-01-04 15:29:13 / January 4, 2025 @ 3:29 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa, Abomsa. Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days sixty-six, in the past 30 days seventy and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 31 km NNW of Āwash, Ethiopia.
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