A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Propicia in Ecuador. The epicenter was at a depth of 45.82 km (28 miles). The temblor was reported at 01:19:49 / 1:19 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000616m. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000616m. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/16 / 2016-07-06 06:19:49 / July 6, 2016 @ 6:19 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -79.3852 West, latitude 0.911 North, depth = 45.82 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Muisne, San Lorenzo de Esmeraldas, Rosa Zarate. Close country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Esmeraldas (c. 165 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Rosa Zarate (c. 42 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Lorenzo de Esmeraldas (c. 20 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Muisne (c. 13 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Valdez (c. 11 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 33 km E of Propicia, Ecuador.
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