A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Bahia de Caraquez in Ecuador. Exact location of event, longitude -80.3227 West, latitude -0.6838 South, depth = 44.49 km. The temblor was picked up at 09:36:33 / 9:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/04/16 / 2016-04-24 14:36:33 / April 24, 2016 @ 2:36 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20005lem. Event ids that are associated: us20005lem. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.49 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 53 km (33 miles) from Manta (c. 183 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Portoviejo (c. 170 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Velasco Ibarra (c. 48 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Chone (c. 44 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Balzar (c. 40 100 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Bahía de Caráquez (c. 37 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pedernales, Balzar, Velasco Ibarra (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 13 km SE of Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador.
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