A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Metahāra in Ethiopia on Saturday. Exact location, longitude 39.6006° East, latitude 8.9656° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 16:42:50 / 4:42 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000p9mi. Event ids that are associated: us7000p9mi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/01/25 / 2025-01-18 16:42:50 / January 18, 2025 @ 4:42 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Debre Birhan, Sirre, Bishoftu (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Nazrēt (c. 214 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Bishoftu (c. 104 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Mojo (c. 34 500 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Wenjī (c. 17 100 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-eight, in the last 10 days ninety-four, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 35 km WNW of Metahāra, Ethiopia.
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