Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 35 km NNW of Āwash, Ethiopia

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.824 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/12/24 / 2024-12-28 18:00:29 / December 28, 2024 @ 6:00 pm. The temblor was detected at 18:00:29 / 6:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.0975 East, latitude 9.2999 North, depth = 9.824 km. Event id: us6000pix8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pix8.

Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa, Abomsa (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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 NNW of Āwash, Ethiopia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	40.0975° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.2999° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.824 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	35 km NNW 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	2024-12-28 18:00:29	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-23 19:18:34	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	284	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	28	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.457	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.7 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	74	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	us6000pix8	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pix8	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pix8,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 35 km NNW of Āwash, Ethiopia

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