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4.9 magnitude earthquake hit Ethiopia, shocks felt inside the capital 

Ethiopia Earthquake
Image cropped from Volcano Discovery report on Ethiopia Earthquake

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Toronto – 4.9 magnitude earthquake with a depth of 10 kilometers reportedly hit Ethiopia. It occurred in Awash Fentale house – which is about 165 kilometers south east of Addis Ababa. Authorities Communication Corporations has confirmed it in a social media change.

The earthquake occurred on Sunday spherical 9 P.M. native time.

The shock was felt inside the capital Addis Ababa, Metehara to the south east  and Kombolcha (near Dessie) inside the North.

“Volcano Discovery”  reported 10 important earthquakes across the globe over the earlier 24 hours along with in Canada and the US. The one expert in Ethiopia was included inside the report.

The availability indicated the latitudinal and longitudinal location of the epicenter as ” 9.1287°N / 40.3209°E Harari, Ethiopia”

“Based on the preliminary seismic info, the quake was possibly felt by many people inside the house of the epicenter. It should not have prompted important hurt, except for objects falling from cupboards, broken dwelling home windows, and so forth,” The availability said.

In distinction to the report from Ethiopian authorities communication suppliers, the report from ‘Volcano Discovery” said that the incident occured in Harari about 41 km northwest of Gelemso, Oromiya. For this provide, it occurred spherical 8:10 P.M. Addis Ababa time.

As properly, “Volcano Discovery” described the earthshakes felt in shut by areas as “common”

Ethiopian authorities communication suppliers cited tales as saying that there had been minor earth shocks over the previous couple of days. They anticipate no circumstance worse than this.

Ethiopia had been experiencing excessive unprecedented landslides in quite a few elements of the nation over the previous couple of months that claimed over 300 lives.


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