A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Āsbe Teferī in Ethiopia. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/01/25 / 2025-01-28 20:22:56 / January 28, 2025 @ 8:22 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 20:22:56 / 8:22 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000p9p0. Unique identifier: us7000p9p0. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.6691 East, latitude 9.1906 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Metahāra, Deder, Āwash. The epicenter was 25 km (15 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Hīrna (c. 12 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Deder (c. 8 900 pop). Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 24 km WNW of Āsbe Teferī, Ethiopia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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