A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Pedernales in Ecuador on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: us20005zk3. Event ids that are associated: us20005zk3. The temblor was picked up at 05:05:18 / 5:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -80.4443° West, latitude 0.1638° North, depth = 26.91 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 26.91 km (17 miles). Global time and date of event 01/06/16 / 2016-06-01 10:05:18 / June 1, 2016 @ 10:05 am UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bahía de Caráquez, Muisne, Pedernales. Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Bahía de Caráquez (c. 37 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Muisne (c. 13 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Pedernales (c. 6 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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.
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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: 44 km WNW of Pedernales, Ecuador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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