A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported Peru-Ecuador border region kilometers (0 miles) from Peru-Ecuador border region on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -77.6076 West, latitude -2.1128 South, depth = 118.52 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:38:35 / 2:38 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 118.52 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us60006c0c. Event ids that are associated: us60006c0c. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/11/19 / 2019-11-15 14:38:35 / November 15, 2019 @ 2:38 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puyo, Sucúa, Palora. Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Puyo (c. 24 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Macas (c. 23 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Sucúa (c. 7 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Palora (c. 6 500 pop). Close country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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