A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Salinas in Ecuador. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/10/24 / 2024-10-28 21:50:41 / October 28, 2024 @ 9:50 pm. The temblor was reported at 21:50:41 / 9:50 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nnpr. Unique identifier: us7000nnpr. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -81.2391 West, latitude -1.6041 South, depth = 10 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Elena, La Libertad, Jipijapa. Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from La Libertad (c. 75 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Salinas (c. 43 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Santa Elena (c. 42 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Jipijapa (c. 35 900 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km NNW of Salinas, Ecuador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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