A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Debre Sīna in Ethiopia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 31/01/25 / 2025-01-31 09:22:20 / January 31, 2025 @ 9:22 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 39.9118° East, 9.6489° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 09:22:20 / 9:22 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000pc45. Event ids that are associated: us7000pc45.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Metahāra, Āwash, Debre Birhan (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Debre Sīna (c. 9 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 27 km SE of Debre Sīna, Ethiopia.
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