A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Metahāra in Ethiopia on Tuesday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:38:22 / 5:38 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 39.9472° East, 8.7359° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/02/25 / 2025-02-04 17:38:22 / February 4, 2025 @ 5:38 pm. Unique identifier: us7000pd65. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pd65.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Huruta, Mojo, Wenjī. Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Nazrēt (c. 214 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Mojo (c. 34 500 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Wenjī (c. 17 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 93 km (57 miles) from Huruta (c. 12 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 18 km S of Metahāra, Ethiopia.
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