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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 61 km NNE of Āwash, Ethiopia

Posted by admin on February 24, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 9.5203S, 40.3039WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:52:18 / 12:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 40.3039° East, 9.5203° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/02/25 / 2025-02-24 00:52:18 / February 24, 2025 @ 12:52 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pfq1. Id of event: us7000pfq1.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Hīrna (c. 12 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hīrna, Bedēsa, Debre Birhan (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. 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: 61 km NNE of Āwash, Ethiopia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 40.3039° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.5203° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61 km NNE of Āwash, Ethiopia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-24 00:52:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-24 01:06:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 312 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.2 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pfq1 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pfq1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pfq1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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