A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. The temblor was reported at 12:03:17 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 40.125° East, 8.9333° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/01/25 / 2025-01-24 12:03:17 / January 24, 2025 @ 12:03 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000paeq. Event ids that are associated: us7000paeq.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Āsbe Teferī, Bedēsa, Gelemso. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 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, in the last 10 days sixty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 7 km SW of Āwash, Ethiopia.
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