A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Pedernales in Ecuador. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/04/16 / 2016-04-27 00:39:07 / April 27, 2016 @ 12:39 am. Id of earthquake: us10005cdd. Event ids that are associated: us10005cdd. Exact location of earthquake, -80.2267° West, 0.1938° North, depth 10 km. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:39:07 / 7:39 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Rosa Zarate (c. 42 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Muisne (c. 13 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Pedernales (c. 6 000 pop). 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 Rosa Zarate, Muisne, Pedernales.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 23 km WNW of Pedernales, Ecuador.
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