A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Palora in Ecuador. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.767 km (8 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/06/24 / 2024-06-16 17:32:12 / June 16, 2024 @ 5:32 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -77.6947 West, latitude -1.9654 South, depth = 12.767 km. Id of earthquake: us7000msuc. Event ids that are associated: us7000msuc. The temblor was reported at 17:32:12 / 5:32 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sucúa, Puyo, Macas. Nearby country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (39 miles) from Puyo (c. 24 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Macas (c. 23 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Sucúa (c. 7 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Palora (c. 6 500 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 41 km SE of Palora, Ecuador.
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