A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia on Monday. Unique identifier: us6000pl5h. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pl5h. 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). Exact location of event, longitude 40.2495 East, latitude 9.2889 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:56:38 / 2:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/01/25 / 2025-01-20 02:56:38 / January 20, 2025 @ 2:56 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hīrna, Debre Birhan, Abomsa (min 5000 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 one, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 35 km NNE of Āwash, Ethiopia.
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