A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Macas in Ecuador. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.054 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 04/08/24 / 2024-08-04 23:42:53 / August 4, 2024 @ 11:42 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ni3u. Unique identifier: us6000ni3u. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:42:53 / 11:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 26.054 km, -77.5735° West, -2.4142° South.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palora, Sucúa, Macas (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Macas (c. 23 700 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Sucúa (c. 7 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Palora (c. 6 500 pop). Close 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 60 km E of Macas, Ecuador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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