A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Sīrē in Ethiopia on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/01/25 / 2025-01-07 08:15:25 / January 7, 2025 @ 8:15 am. The temblor was detected at 08:15:25 / 8:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.1279 East, latitude 7.9214 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000pkr3. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pkr3. 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).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (56 miles) from Huruta (c. 12 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Sirre (c. 10 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Huruta, Sirre (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days fifty-three, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 83 km ESE of Sīrē, Ethiopia.
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