A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Macas in Ecuador. The temblor was detected at 02:33:54 / 2:33 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 134.38 km (83 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bhkp. Id of event: us2000bhkp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -77.3462° West, -2.3853° South, depth 134.38 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/11/17 / 2017-11-03 07:33:54 / November 3, 2017 @ 7:33 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sucúa, Macas (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Macas (c. 23 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Sucúa (c. 7 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 86 km E of Macas, Ecuador.
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