Moderate earthquake 5.8 mag, 56 km SSE of Abomsa, Ethiopia

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Abomsa in Ethiopia on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 00:52:22 / 12:52 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 40.169° East, latitude 9.5045° North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000phrk. Unique identifier: us6000phrk. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/01/25 / 2025-01-04 00:52:22 / January 4, 2025 @ 12:52 am UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hīrna, Bedēsa, Gewanē (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Hīrna (c. 12 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop).

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

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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: 56 km SSE of Abomsa, Ethiopia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	40.169° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.5045° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	56 km SSE of Abomsa, Ethiopia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-04 00:52:22	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-04 01:12:05	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	26	The total number of felt reports
CDI	6.6	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		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	535	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	96	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.314	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.11 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	40	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	us6000phrk	Id of event.
Event Code	6000phrk	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000phrk,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.8 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

40.169° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

9.5045° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

56 km SSE of Abomsa, Ethiopia

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2025-01-04 00:52:22

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2025-01-04 01:12:05

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

6.6

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

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

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

535

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

3.314

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.11 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

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

us6000phrk

Id of event.

Event Code

6000phrk

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us6000phrk,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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