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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Āwash in Ethiopia


Earthquake location 9.3083S, 39.9826WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 39.9826° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.3083° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41 km NNW of Āwash, Ethiopia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-13 15:18:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-28 16:06:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 312 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.351 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 104 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000plv2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000plv2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000plv2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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