A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/01/25 / 2025-01-05 19:48:50 / January 5, 2025 @ 7:48 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 39.9904° East, 9.4181° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pi1v. Unique identifier: us6000pi1v. The temblor was picked up at 19:48:50 / 7:48 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gelemso, Abomsa, Metahāra (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Debre Sīna (c. 9 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seventy-one, in the past 30 days seventy-six and in the last 365 days ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 51 km NNW of Āwash, Ethiopia.
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