A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Bahia de Caraquez in Ecuador on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/04/16 / 2016-04-17 04:25:35 / April 17, 2016 @ 4:25 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:25:35 / 11:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -80.3101 West, latitude -0.3892 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us10005bpa. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005bpa.
Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Manta (c. 183 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Portoviejo (c. 170 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Chone (c. 44 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Bahía de Caráquez (c. 37 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Montecristi (c. 18 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Calceta (c. 17 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Ana, Montecristi, Manta. Nearby country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-eight, in the last 10 days fourty-eight, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 26 km NNE of Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador.
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