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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Āwash in Ethiopia


Earthquake location 9.1662S, 40.1913WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/01/25 / 2025-01-09 05:25:34 / January 9, 2025 @ 5:25 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.1913 East, latitude 9.1662 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us6000piuk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000piuk. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 05:25:34 / 5:25 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abomsa, Debre Birhan, Debre Sīna. Nearby country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seventy-three, in the past 30 days ninety-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km N of Āwash, Ethiopia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 40.1913° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.1662° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km N of Āwash, Ethiopia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-09 05:25:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-09 07:35:36 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 312 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.513 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 116 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 us6000piuk Id of event.
Event Code 6000piuk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000piuk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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