A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 66 kilometers (41 miles) from San Cristobal in Ecuador on Tuesday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:50:13 / 11:50 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000f2hp. Id of event: us1000f2hp. The epicenter was at a depth of 15.87 km (10 miles). Exact location of event, depth 15.87 km, -89.9156° West, -1.4244° South. Global time and date of event 26/06/18 / 2018-06-26 17:50:13 / June 26, 2018 @ 5:50 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Puerto Ayora (c. 9 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Puerto Baquerizo Moreno (c. 4 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puerto Ayora, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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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: 66 km SSW of San Cristobal, Ecuador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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