A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Debre Birhan in Ethiopia on Thursday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:37:34 / 1:37 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 39.423° East, 9.642° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000pad5. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pad5. Global time and date of event 23/01/25 / 2025-01-23 01:37:34 / January 23, 2025 @ 1:37 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fichē, Abomsa, Sendafa. Country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Fichē (c. 25 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Debre Sīna (c. 9 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Sendafa (c. 7 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days fourty-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and six and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 12 km WSW of Debre Birhan, Ethiopia.
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