A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia on Monday. The temblor was detected at 15:17:19 / 3:17 pm (local time epicenter). 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: 13/01/25 / 2025-01-13 15:17:19 / January 13, 2025 @ 3:17 pm. Unique identifier: us6000plvi. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000plvi. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 40.1627° East, 8.6334° North.
Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Sirre (c. 10 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Āsbe Teferī, Sirre, Bedēsa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and five, in the past 30 days two hundred and eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
Did you feel the quake?
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. 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: 38 km S of Āwash, Ethiopia.
Copyright © 2025 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply