A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/01/25 / 2025-01-03 14:00:41 / January 3, 2025 @ 2:00 pm. The temblor was detected at 14:00:41 / 2:00 pm (local time epicenter). 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). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000phl4. Unique identifier: us6000phl4. Exact location of earthquake, 40.2401° East, 9.1056° North, depth 10 km.
Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa, Gelemso (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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