A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Palora in Ecuador on Tuesday. Event id: us2000d6y8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d6y8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 163.23 km (101 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 163.23 km, -77.6893° West, -1.7938° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/02/18 / 2018-02-13 15:06:58 / February 13, 2018 @ 3:06 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 10:06:58 / 10:06 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Baños, Sucúa, Tena (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Puyo (c. 24 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Macas (c. 23 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Tena (c. 17 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Baños (c. 9 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Sucúa (c. 7 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Palora (c. 6 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop).
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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 29 km ESE of Palora, Ecuador.
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