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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Āwash in Ethiopia

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Earthquake location 9.1582S, 40.0809WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. Global time and date of event 31/12/24 / 2024-12-31 12:04:51 / December 31, 2024 @ 12:04 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 40.0809° East, latitude 9.1582° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pj7y. Unique identifier: us6000pj7y. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:04:51 / 12:04 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abomsa, Āsbe Teferī, Debre Sīna (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 21 km NNW of Āwash, Ethiopia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 40.0809° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.1582° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21 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 2024-12-31 12:04:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-23 19:24:51 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.408 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 118 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 us6000pj7y Id of event.
Event Code 6000pj7y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pj7y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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