A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Propicia in Ecuador. Id of earthquake: us100062j4. Event ids that are associated: us100062j4. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.45 km (7 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -79.5232 West, latitude 0.7034 North, depth = 11.45 km. The temblor was picked up at 02:40:30 / 2:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/07/16 / 2016-07-11 07:40:30 / July 11, 2016 @ 7:40 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pedernales, Valdez, Muisne. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Esmeraldas (c. 165 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Rosa Zarate (c. 42 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Muisne (c. 13 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Valdez (c. 11 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Pedernales (c. 6 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 31 km SE of Propicia, Ecuador.
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