Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Āwash in Ethiopia

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.1806 East, latitude 8.9347 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/12/24 / 2024-12-24 15:46:25 / December 24, 2024 @ 3:46 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pi6v. Unique identifier: us6000pi6v. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 15:46:25 / 3:46 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 6 km (3 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa, Gelemso (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fifty-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.

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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: 5 km SSE of Āwash, Ethiopia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	40.1806° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	8.9347° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km SSE 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	2024-12-24 15:46:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-22 16:30:20	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	298	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	22	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.679	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.76 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	105	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	us6000pi6v	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pi6v	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pi6v,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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