A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. Exact location, longitude 39.9636° East, latitude 9.1989° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/01/25 / 2025-01-12 20:59:06 / January 12, 2025 @ 8:59 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000pjl6. Event ids that are associated: us6000pjl6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 20:59:06 / 8:59 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abomsa, Debre Sīna, Gelemso (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Debre Sīna (c. 9 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fifty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 32 km NW of Āwash, Ethiopia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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