A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Muisne in Ecuador. Exact location of event, longitude -80.6433 West, latitude 0.4027 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us200067ie. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200067ie. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/06/16 / 2016-06-22 15:40:27 / June 22, 2016 @ 3:40 pm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:40:27 / 10:40 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pedernales, Muisne (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Muisne (c. 13 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Pedernales (c. 6 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 71 km WSW of Muisne, Ecuador.
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