A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Abomsa in Ethiopia on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 11:29:23 / 11:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pgn8. Unique identifier: us6000pgn8. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/12/24 / 2024-12-31 11:29:23 / December 31, 2024 @ 11:29 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 40.1306° East, 9.5164° North.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gewanē, Gelemso, Metahāra. Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Gewanē (c. 11 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-three, in the last 10 days seventy-eight, in the past 30 days seventy-eight and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 54 km SSE of Abomsa, Ethiopia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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