A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Gelemso in Ethiopia. Exact location of event, longitude 40.2549 East, latitude 8.5425 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 31/12/24 / 2024-12-31 08:06:32 / December 31, 2024 @ 8:06 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 08:06:32 / 8:06 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pgm8. Id of event: us6000pgm8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Āsbe Teferī, Sirre, Bedēsa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Sirre (c. 10 100 pop). Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 41 km SW of Gelemso, Ethiopia.
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