A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from La Troncal in Ecuador. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003ywg. Unique identifier: us10003ywg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/11/15 / 2015-11-17 06:16:26 / November 17, 2015 @ 6:16 am. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:16:26 / 1:16 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 90.84 km (56 miles). Exact location, longitude -79.2747° West, latitude -2.2902° South, depth = 90.84 km.
The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Guayaquil (c. 1 952 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Cuenca (c. 277 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Eloy Alfaro (c. 167 800 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Riobamba (c. 124 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Babahoyo (c. 76 300 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Ventanas (c. 46 700 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from La Troncal (c. 36 400 pop). Close country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lomas de Sargentillo, Riobamba, Vinces (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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