A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/01/25 / 2025-01-09 01:23:16 / January 9, 2025 @ 1:23 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:23:16 / 1:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 40.1678 East, latitude 9.0548 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000plg1. Id of event: us6000plg1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa, Gelemso. Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 7 km N of Āwash, Ethiopia.
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