A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Sīrē in Ethiopia on Sunday. Exact location, longitude 40.1636° East, latitude 8.1094° North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us6000pltk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pltk. The temblor was picked up at 00:55:00 / 12:55 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/01/25 / 2025-01-12 00:55:00 / January 12, 2025 @ 12:55 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Metahāra, Huruta, Gelemso (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Huruta (c. 12 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Sirre (c. 10 100 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days seventy-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 78 km ESE of Sīrē, Ethiopia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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