A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/01/25 / 2025-01-10 06:50:05 / January 10, 2025 @ 6:50 am. The temblor was reported at 06:50:05 / 6:50 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 40.1019° East, 9.0696° North. Unique identifier: us6000plma. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000plma.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Debre Sīna, Debre Birhan, Āsbe Teferī. Nearby country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km NW of Āwash, Ethiopia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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