A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Gelemso in Ethiopia. Exact location of earthquake, 40.2503° East, 8.5313° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 07:37:40 / 7:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/02/25 / 2025-02-26 07:37:40 / February 26, 2025 @ 7:37 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was 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). Id of earthquake: us6000px9k. Event ids that are associated: us6000px9k.
Close country/countries, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Āsbe Teferī, Sirre, Bedēsa. Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Sirre (c. 10 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 43 km SW of Gelemso, Ethiopia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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