A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Puyo in Ecuador on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 170.86 km (106 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000aamu. Id of event: us6000aamu. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/06/20 / 2020-06-06 07:44:08 / June 6, 2020 @ 7:44 am. The temblor was reported at 07:44:08 / 7:44 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -77.4107 West, latitude -1.4912 South, depth = 170.86 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Boca Suno, Archidona, Tena. Close country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Puyo (c. 24 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Boca Suno (c. 20 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Tena (c. 17 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Archidona (c. 7 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Palora (c. 6 500 pop).
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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 65 km E of Puyo, Ecuador.
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