A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Bahia de Caraquez in Ecuador on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10005bpd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005bpd. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/04/16 / 2016-04-17 07:22:25 / April 17, 2016 @ 7:22 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -80.3059 West, latitude -0.4102 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:22:25 / 2:22 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Manta (c. 183 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Portoviejo (c. 170 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Chone (c. 44 800 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Bahía de Caráquez (c. 37 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Montecristi (c. 18 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Calceta (c. 17 300 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Sucre (c. 15 300 pop). 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 Sucre, Santa Ana, Montecristi.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-nine, 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km NNE of Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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