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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Gelemso in Ethiopia


Earthquake location 8.5425S, 40.2549WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 40.2549° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.5425° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41 km SW of Gelemso, Ethiopia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-31 08:06:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-23 16:40:23 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 271 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.915 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 114 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 us6000pgm8 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pgm8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pgm8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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