A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from La Maná in Ecuador on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 115.067 km, -79.2382° West, -0.9272° South. The temblor was detected at 02:04:18 / 2:04 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 115.067 km (71 miles). Unique identifier: us6000ntet. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ntet. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/09/24 / 2024-09-21 02:04:18 / September 21, 2024 @ 2:04 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Santo Domingo de los Colorados (c. 200 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Ambato (c. 154 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Quevedo (c. 119 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Latacunga (c. 51 700 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Velasco Ibarra (c. 48 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaranda, Ambato, Catarama (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 has struck near.
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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. 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: 2 km NW of La Maná, Ecuador.
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