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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Metahāra in Ethiopia

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Metahāra in Ethiopia. The temblor was picked up at 08:25:53 / 8:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 39.8667° East, 8.9783° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pidb. Id of event: us6000pidb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/01/25 / 2025-01-07 08:25:53 / January 7, 2025 @ 8:25 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). The epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Nazrēt (c. 214 000 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Bishoftu (c. 104 200 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Mojo (c. 34 500 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Wenjī (c. 17 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bedēsa, Bishoftu, Debre Sīna (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seventy-four, in the past 30 days eighty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 10 km NNW of Metahāra, Ethiopia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	39.8667° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	8.9783° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 km NNW of Metahāra, Ethiopia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-07 08:25:53	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-07 08:54:47	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	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	370	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	61	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.877	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.74 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	93	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000pidb	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pidb	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pidb,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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