A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Metahāra in Ethiopia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000pae4. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pae4. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 39.8633° East, 9.2231° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/01/25 / 2025-01-23 04:26:59 / January 23, 2025 @ 4:26 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:26:59 / 4:26 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sendafa, Abomsa, Gelemso. Close country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 62 km (39 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Debre Sīna (c. 9 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days sixty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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