A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Pedernales in Ecuador. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:35:40 / 4:35 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/04/16 / 2016-04-20 09:35:40 / April 20, 2016 @ 9:35 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -80.1292° West, latitude -0.0268° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005dry. Id of event: us10005dry.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calceta, Tosagua, Rosa Zarate. Nearby country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Chone (c. 44 800 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Rosa Zarate (c. 42 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Bahía de Caráquez (c. 37 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Calceta (c. 17 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Tosagua (c. 14 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Muisne (c. 13 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days fifty-five, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 15 km SW of Pedernales, Ecuador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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