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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 31 km N of Āwash, Ethiopia

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Earthquake location 9.2716S, 40.1539WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/12/24 / 2024-12-28 20:48:37 / December 28, 2024 @ 8:48 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 40.1539 East, latitude 9.2716 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:48:37 / 8:48 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pix2. Unique identifier: us6000pix2.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Debre Birhan, Abomsa, Āsbe Teferī (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop). Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 31 km N of Āwash, Ethiopia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 40.1539° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.2716° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31 km N of Āwash, Ethiopia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-28 20:48:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-17 06:20:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 284 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.503 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 206 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000pix2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pix2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pix2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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