A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Metahāra in Ethiopia. The temblor was picked up at 01:53:07 / 1:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/01/25 / 2025-01-23 01:53:07 / January 23, 2025 @ 1:53 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pae0. Id of event: us7000pae0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 39.6185 East, latitude 8.8639 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Debre Birhan, Huruta, Sendafa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Nazrēt (c. 214 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Bishoftu (c. 104 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Mojo (c. 34 500 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Wenjī (c. 17 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days sixty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-four 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 33 km W of Metahāra, Ethiopia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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