A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Velasco Ibarra in Ecuador. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.679 km (36 miles). Exact location, longitude -79.7068° West, latitude -0.6616° South, depth = 58.679 km. Event id: us6000nzca. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nzca. Global time and date of event 17/10/24 / 2024-10-17 13:14:18 / October 17, 2024 @ 1:14 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:14:18 / 1:14 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Santo Domingo de los Colorados (c. 200 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Quevedo (c. 119 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Velasco Ibarra (c. 48 800 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Chone (c. 44 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Balzar (c. 40 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Bahía de Caráquez (c. 37 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Balzar, Bahía de Caráquez, Santo Domingo de los Colorados.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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