A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Montecristi in Ecuador. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.105 km (19 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nnhv. Unique identifier: us7000nnhv. The temblor was detected at 15:53:18 / 3:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/10/24 / 2024-10-27 15:53:18 / October 27, 2024 @ 3:53 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -80.6206 West, latitude -0.9813 South, depth = 30.105 km.
Event epicenter was 10 km (6 miles) from Manta (c. 183 200 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Portoviejo (c. 170 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Chone (c. 44 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Bahía de Caráquez (c. 37 100 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Jipijapa (c. 35 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Paján, Chone, Calceta (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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 two and in the last 365 days four 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. 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: 8 km NNE of Montecristi, Ecuador.
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