A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Rosa Zarate in Ecuador on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -79.5669 West, latitude 0.6026 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:22:00 / 2:22 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/04/16 / 2016-04-24 07:22:00 / April 24, 2016 @ 7:22 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us20005ld4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005ld4.
The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Esmeraldas (c. 165 200 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Rosa Zarate (c. 42 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Muisne (c. 13 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Pedernales (c. 6 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pedernales, Muisne, Esmeraldas (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 ten, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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