A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Pedernales in Ecuador. Event id: us1000ebu1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ebu1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 25/05/18 / 2018-05-25 07:41:03 / May 25, 2018 @ 7:41 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -80.744° West, 0.2983° North. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:41:03 / 2:41 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Muisne, Pedernales (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Muisne (c. 13 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Pedernales (c. 6 000 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 80 km WNW of Pedernales, Ecuador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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