A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 39.9826 East, latitude 9.3083 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000plv2. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000plv2. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:18:59 / 3:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/01/25 / 2025-01-13 15:18:59 / January 13, 2025 @ 3:18 pm UTC/GMT. 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).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gelemso, Abomsa, Debre Sīna. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Debre Sīna (c. 9 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and five, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-eight 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 41 km NNW of Āwash, Ethiopia.
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