A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Metahāra in Ethiopia on Thursday. Unique identifier: us6000plfy. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000plfy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/01/25 / 2025-01-09 02:14:46 / January 9, 2025 @ 2:14 am. Exact location, longitude 39.8421° East, latitude 9.0347° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 02:14:46 / 2:14 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Nazrēt (c. 214 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Mojo (c. 34 500 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Wenjī (c. 17 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mojo, Debre Sīna, Sendafa (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 17 km NNW of Metahāra, Ethiopia.
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