A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. Unique identifier: us6000phzk. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000phzk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/01/25 / 2025-01-05 13:08:35 / January 5, 2025 @ 1:08 pm. The temblor was detected at 13:08:35 / 1:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 40.3386° East, latitude 9.0818° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Hīrna (c. 12 300 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hīrna, Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days seventy-four, in the past 30 days seventy-eight and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km ENE of Āwash, Ethiopia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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