A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 126 km ESE of Macas, Ecuador (78 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -77.0031 West, latitude -2.5477 South, depth = 119 km. Global time and date of event 11/10/19 / 2019-10-11 10:59:48 / October 11, 2019 @ 10:59 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 05:59:48 / 5:59 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 119 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us70005tcw. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005tcw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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