A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Ādīgrat in Ethiopia on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 8.272 km, 40.0375° East, 14.0119° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 8.272 km (5 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:37:39 / 4:37 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 03/03/25 / 2025-03-03 04:37:39 / March 3, 2025 @ 4:37 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000pwjr. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pwjr.

Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Mekele (c. 215 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ādīgrat (c. 65 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mekele, Ādīgrat.

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 four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 68 km ESE of Ādīgrat, Ethiopia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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