A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Puyo in Ecuador on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -77.7363 West, latitude -1.3571 South, depth = 179.09 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000359x. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000359x. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 179.09 km (111 miles). The temblor was picked up at 22:43:57 / 10:43 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/04/19 / 2019-04-13 03:43:57 / April 13, 2019 @ 3:43 am.
Close country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Miguel de Salcedo, Boca Suno, Ambato (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 99 km (61 miles) from Ambato (c. 154 400 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Puyo (c. 24 900 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Boca Suno (c. 20 300 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Tena (c. 17 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Pelileo (c. 16 600 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from San Miguel de Salcedo (c. 10 800 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Baños (c. 9 500 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 30 km ENE of Puyo, Ecuador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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