A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Propicia in Ecuador on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -80.0226 West, latitude 1.2021 North, depth = 32.49 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.49 km (20 miles). The temblor was reported at 11:37:46 / 11:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20006en3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006en3. Global time and date of event 14/07/16 / 2016-07-14 16:37:46 / July 14, 2016 @ 4:37 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Muisne, Esmeraldas. The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Esmeraldas (c. 165 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Muisne (c. 13 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 48 km NW of Propicia, Ecuador.
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