A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 12/01/25 / 2025-01-12 01:27:29 / January 12, 2025 @ 1:27 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 01:27:29 / 1:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 40.1567° East, latitude 8.9863° North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pjhq. Unique identifier: us6000pjhq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa, Gelemso. Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 1 km (1 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. 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: 1 km WNW of Āwash, Ethiopia.
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