A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Bahia de Caraquez in Ecuador. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/01/17 / 2017-01-15 09:44:50 / January 15, 2017 @ 9:44 am. Exact location of event, depth 35.57 km, -80.6517° West, -0.1602° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007tdb. Unique identifier: us10007tdb. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35.57 km (22 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:44:50 / 4:44 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (56 miles) from Manta (c. 183 200 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Chone (c. 44 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Bahía de Caráquez (c. 37 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Calceta (c. 17 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Tosagua (c. 14 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Rocafuerte (c. 10 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Pedernales (c. 6 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calceta, Manta, Rocafuerte (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 55 km NNW of Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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