Magnitude 4.9 earthquake strikes near Debre Birhan, Amhara, Ethiopia
Fri, 17 Jan 2025, 02:04 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Just 17 minutes ago, a 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck near Debre Birhan, Amhara, Ethiopia. The tremor was recorded early morning on Friday, January 17th, 2025, at 4:46 am local time, at a shallow depth of 10 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 4.9 as well.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Debre Sīna (pop. 9,400) located 34 km from the epicenter, Debre Birhan (pop. 57,800) 35 km away, Abomsa (pop. 15,300) 52 km away, Āwash (pop. 36,500) 72 km away, and Metehara (pop. 23,400) 72 km away.
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Earthquake data:
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Date & time: Jan 17, 2025 04:46 am (Addis Ababa time) local time (17 Jan 2025 01:46 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.9
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 9.54°N / 39.82°E 
(Amhara, Ethiopia)
Primary data source: GFZ
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