A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 20:14:09 / 8:14 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pjrx. Unique identifier: us6000pjrx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 40.0299° East, 9.2105° North, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/01/25 / 2025-01-01 20:14:09 / January 1, 2025 @ 8:14 pm.
Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa, Abomsa. The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 seventy-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 29 km NNW of Āwash, Ethiopia.
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