A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Píllaro in Ecuador. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 163.464 km (102 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -78.2557 West, latitude -1.1492 South, depth = 163.464 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/11/24 / 2024-11-13 23:25:54 / November 13, 2024 @ 11:25 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 23:25:54 / 11:25 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000nrmi. Event ids that are associated: us7000nrmi.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Riobamba, Palora, Guano (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Ambato (c. 154 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Riobamba (c. 124 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Latacunga (c. 51 700 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Puyo (c. 24 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Tena (c. 17 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 32 km E of Píllaro, Ecuador.
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