A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pm7l. Id of event: us6000pm7l. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.0209 East, latitude 9.1487 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 13:56:53 / 1:56 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/01/25 / 2025-01-24 13:56:53 / January 24, 2025 @ 1:56 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Āsbe Teferī, Abomsa, Bedēsa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km NW of Āwash, Ethiopia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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