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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Āwash in Ethiopia

Posted by admin on March 18, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 9.5092S, 40.2587WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pzb4. Id of event: us6000pzb4. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.2587 East, latitude 9.5092 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/03/25 / 2025-03-17 12:33:57 / March 17, 2025 @ 12:33 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:33:57 / 12:33 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bedēsa, Gewanē, Gelemso. Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 59 km N of Āwash, Ethiopia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 40.2587° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.5092° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59 km N 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 2025-03-17 12:33:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-18 11:07:56 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 298 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.242 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 254 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 us6000pzb4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pzb4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pzb4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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