A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. Unique identifier: us7000pc3n. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pc3n. The temblor was reported at 09:01:24 / 9:01 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 31/01/25 / 2025-01-31 09:01:24 / January 31, 2025 @ 9:01 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 40.0645 East, latitude 9.1929 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Āsbe Teferī, Abomsa, Bedēsa. The epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and six and in the last 365 days three hundred 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 25 km NNW of Āwash, Ethiopia.
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