A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Sucúa in Ecuador on Sunday. Exact location, longitude -78.2509° West, latitude -2.4093° South, depth = 113.814 km. Id of earthquake: us6000p7cc. Event ids that are associated: us6000p7cc. Global time and date of event 24/11/24 / 2024-11-24 00:56:04 / November 24, 2024 @ 12:56 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 00:56:04 / 12:56 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 113.814 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Riobamba (c. 124 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Azogues (c. 34 900 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Macas (c. 23 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Gualaceo (c. 17 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Alausí (c. 14 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Cañar (c. 9 900 pop). Close country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Riobamba, Palora, Gualaceo (min 5000 pop).
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 has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 10 km WNW of Sucúa, Ecuador.
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