A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Metahāra in Ethiopia. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pkfk. Unique identifier: us6000pkfk. Exact location of earthquake, 39.916° East, 8.9801° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 22:34:32 / 10:34 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 04/01/25 / 2025-01-04 22:34:32 / January 4, 2025 @ 10:34 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wenjī, Debre Birhan, Sirre. Country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Nazrēt (c. 214 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Wenjī (c. 17 100 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety, in the past 30 days two hundred and one and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixteen 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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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km N of Metahāra, Ethiopia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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