A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Muisne in Ecuador on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:54:21 / 4:54 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 19/04/16 / 2016-04-19 21:54:21 / April 19, 2016 @ 9:54 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -80.0218° West, 0.5613° North. Event id: us10005dqq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005dqq.
Close country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rosa Zarate, Esmeraldas, Pedernales. The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Esmeraldas (c. 165 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Rosa Zarate (c. 42 100 pop), 6 km (3 miles) from Muisne (c. 13 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Pedernales (c. 6 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km SSE of Muisne, Ecuador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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