A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Pedernales in Ecuador. The temblor was reported at 10:00:54 / 10:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/06/16 / 2016-06-01 15:00:54 / June 1, 2016 @ 3:00 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us20005zlz. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005zlz. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -80.5531° West, 0.199° North.
Nearby country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bahía de Caráquez, Muisne, Pedernales (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Bahía de Caráquez (c. 37 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Muisne (c. 13 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Pedernales (c. 6 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 57 km WNW of Pedernales, Ecuador.
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