A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Velasco Ibarra in Ecuador on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -79.7976° West, -0.8731° South, depth 60.344 km. Event id: us6000nk0c. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nk0c. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/08/24 / 2024-08-14 04:58:03 / August 14, 2024 @ 4:58 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 04:58:03 / 4:58 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 60.344 km (37 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Portoviejo (c. 170 300 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Quevedo (c. 119 400 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Velasco Ibarra (c. 48 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ventanas (c. 46 700 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Chone (c. 44 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Balzar (c. 40 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Catarama, Sucre, Colimes. 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 25 km NW of Velasco Ibarra, Ecuador.
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