A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Palora in Ecuador. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 174.71 km (109 miles). The temblor was detected at 18:32:27 / 6:32 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us700068ze. Ids that are associated to the event: us700068ze. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/11/19 / 2019-11-16 23:32:27 / November 16, 2019 @ 11:32 pm. Exact location, longitude -77.783° West, latitude -1.5619° South, depth = 174.71 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guano, Macas, Pelileo. Earthquake epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Puyo (c. 24 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Macas (c. 23 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Tena (c. 17 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Pelileo (c. 16 600 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Guano (c. 12 700 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Baños (c. 9 500 pop). 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km NE of Palora, Ecuador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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