A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. Exact location, longitude 40.153° East, latitude 8.9445° North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us6000pkih. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pkih. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/01/25 / 2025-01-16 20:24:27 / January 16, 2025 @ 8:24 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 20:24:27 / 8:24 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa, Gelemso. Country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 4 km SSW of Āwash, Ethiopia.
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