A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/01/25 / 2025-01-11 00:22:29 / January 11, 2025 @ 12:22 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000pln9. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pln9. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 40.0124° East, 9.251° North. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:22:29 / 12:22 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa, Abomsa. Nearby country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 34 km NNW of Āwash, Ethiopia.
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