A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Debre Sīna in Ethiopia on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 40.0172 East, latitude 9.6568 North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us6000pirb. Event ids that are associated: us6000pirb. 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). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/01/25 / 2025-01-08 22:15:35 / January 8, 2025 @ 10:15 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:15:35 / 10:15 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gewanē, Metahāra, Āwash. Country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 53 km (33 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Gewanē (c. 11 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Debre Sīna (c. 9 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days eighty-three and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 35 km SE of Debre Sīna, Ethiopia.
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