A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Manta in Ecuador on Friday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:32:32 / 2:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -80.9431° West, latitude -0.6621° South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 15/07/16 / 2016-07-15 07:32:32 / July 15, 2016 @ 7:32 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20006evp. Unique identifier: us20006evp.
Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Manta (c. 183 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Portoviejo (c. 170 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Chone (c. 44 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Bahía de Caráquez (c. 37 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Jipijapa (c. 35 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Montecristi (c. 18 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chone, Sucre, Calceta (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 39 km NW of Manta, Ecuador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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