A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Macas in Ecuador. Exact location of event, depth 112.598 km, -78.0112° West, -2.4289° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 112.598 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000nqcu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nqcu. Global time and date of event 07/11/24 / 2024-11-07 05:59:19 / November 7, 2024 @ 5:59 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 05:59:19 / 5:59 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 17 km (11 miles) from Macas (c. 23 700 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Sucúa (c. 7 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Palora (c. 6 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palora, Sucúa, Macas (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 17 km SE of Macas, Ecuador.
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