A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Montecristi in Ecuador. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005bha. Unique identifier: us10005bha. The temblor was picked up at 16:15:53 / 4:15 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/04/16 / 2016-04-25 21:15:53 / April 25, 2016 @ 9:15 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -80.7145° West, -1.0648° South.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Balzar, Colimes, Chone (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 11 km (7 miles) from Manta (c. 183 200 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Portoviejo (c. 170 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Chone (c. 44 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Balzar (c. 40 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Bahía de Caráquez (c. 37 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Jipijapa (c. 35 900 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Montecristi (c. 18 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km WSW of Montecristi, Ecuador.
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