A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Jipijapa in Ecuador. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -80.8919 West, latitude -1.29 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us20005jux. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005jux. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/04/16 / 2016-04-19 17:12:53 / April 19, 2016 @ 5:12 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:12:53 / 12:12 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Manta (c. 183 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Portoviejo (c. 170 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Bahía de Caráquez (c. 37 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Jipijapa (c. 35 900 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Pedro Carbo (c. 23 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Montecristi (c. 18 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Calceta (c. 17 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calceta, Pedro Carbo, Bahía de Caráquez (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 34 km W of Jipijapa, Ecuador.
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