A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 278 km NNW of Puerto Ayora, Ecuador (173 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000c23h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000c23h. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/01/18 / 2018-01-08 17:38:29 / January 8, 2018 @ 5:38 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:38:29 / 11:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -90.963° West, 1.6985° North, depth 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 278 km NNW of Puerto Ayora, Ecuador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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