A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Muisne in Ecuador. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:05:48 / 2:05 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -80.0272° West, 0.603° North, depth 21.1 km. Unique identifier: us10005ief. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005ief. Global time and date of event 19/05/16 / 2016-05-19 07:05:48 / May 19, 2016 @ 7:05 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21.1 km (13 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Esmeraldas (c. 165 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Rosa Zarate (c. 42 100 pop), 1 km (1 miles) from Muisne (c. 13 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Pedernales (c. 6 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rosa Zarate, Pedernales, Esmeraldas. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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