A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported near the coast of Ecuador kilometers (0 miles) from Ecuador on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/07/16 / 2016-07-18 12:00:29 / July 18, 2016 @ 12:00 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:00:29 / 12:00 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 36.82 km (23 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20006gqr. Unique identifier: us20006gqr. Exact location of earthquake, -79.1367° West, 1.0776° North, depth 36.82 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop), Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rosa Zarate, Tumaco, Esmeraldas (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Esmeraldas (c. 165 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Tumaco (c. 86 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Rosa Zarate (c. 42 100 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from San Lorenzo de Esmeraldas (c. 20 200 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Valdez (c. 11 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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