A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Bahia de Caraquez in Ecuador. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -80.2195 West, latitude -0.397 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005ks8. Unique identifier: us20005ks8. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:37:39 / 12:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/04/16 / 2016-04-22 05:37:39 / April 22, 2016 @ 5:37 am UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Manta (c. 183 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Portoviejo (c. 170 300 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Chone (c. 44 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Bahía de Caráquez (c. 37 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Montecristi (c. 18 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Calceta (c. 17 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Ana, Montecristi, Manta (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days fourty-nine, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 31 km NE of Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador.
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