A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Debre Sīna in Ethiopia on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, 39.8966° East, 9.6881° North, depth 10 km. Id of earthquake: us7000pc46. Event ids that are associated: us7000pc46. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 09:02:51 / 9:02 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/01/25 / 2025-01-31 09:02:51 / January 31, 2025 @ 9:02 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Metahāra, Āwash, Debre Birhan. Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Debre Sīna (c. 9 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days fourty, 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 was reported nearby.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km SE of Debre Sīna, Ethiopia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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