A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Metahāra in Ethiopia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pkpl. Id of event: us6000pkpl. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/01/25 / 2025-01-17 17:18:39 / January 17, 2025 @ 5:18 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 39.8888° East, 9.2414° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 17:18:39 / 5:18 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sendafa, Gelemso, Abomsa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 62 km (39 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Debre Sīna (c. 9 400 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Sendafa (c. 7 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 37 km N of Metahāra, Ethiopia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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