A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Puerto Francisco de Orellana in Ecuador. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/04/16 / 2016-04-29 00:56:54 / April 29, 2016 @ 12:56 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 145.11 km (90 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 145.11 km, -76.3772° West, -0.6933° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005ebd. Unique identifier: us10005ebd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 19:56:54 / 7:56 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Boca Suno, Puerto Francisco de Orellana. The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Puerto Francisco de Orellana (c. 48 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Boca Suno (c. 20 300 pop).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 70 km ESE of Puerto Francisco de Orellana, Ecuador.
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