A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia on Monday. Unique identifier: us6000pluy. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pluy. The temblor was detected at 13:36:06 / 1:36 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 40.0961 East, latitude 9.0371 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/01/25 / 2025-01-13 13:36:06 / January 13, 2025 @ 1:36 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Debre Birhan, Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days one hundred and six, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-nine 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 9 km NW of Āwash, Ethiopia.
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