A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Palora in Ecuador. Id of earthquake: us2000b2xw. Event ids that are associated: us2000b2xw. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/10/17 / 2017-10-09 04:15:21 / October 9, 2017 @ 4:15 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 23:15:21 / 11:15 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 173.38 km (108 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 173.38 km, -77.5661° West, -1.6737° South.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Baños, Macas, Archidona. Earthquake epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Puyo (c. 24 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Macas (c. 23 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Tena (c. 17 200 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Baños (c. 9 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Archidona (c. 7 300 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Palora (c. 6 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 40 km E of Palora, Ecuador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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