A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Puerto Villamil in Ecuador. The temblor was picked up at 03:15:36 / 3:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/06/18 / 2018-06-26 09:15:36 / June 26, 2018 @ 9:15 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000f22r. Unique identifier: us1000f22r. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -90.9103° West, latitude -0.6782° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (41 miles) from Puerto Ayora (c. 9 000 pop). Close country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puerto Ayora.
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 31 km NNE of Puerto Villamil, Ecuador.
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