A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Bahia de Caraquez in Ecuador on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -80.8007° West, -0.2614° South. The temblor was picked up at 17:32:06 / 5:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/04/16 / 2016-04-30 22:32:06 / April 30, 2016 @ 10:32 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005gaw. Id of event: us10005gaw. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chone, Pedernales, Montecristi (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Manta (c. 183 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Chone (c. 44 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Bahía de Caráquez (c. 37 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Montecristi (c. 18 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Tosagua (c. 14 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Rocafuerte (c. 10 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days fifty-seven 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 56 km NW of Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador.
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