A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Paján in Ecuador on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/12/24 / 2024-12-14 18:05:16 / December 14, 2024 @ 6:05 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -80.6474° West, -1.5965° South, depth 35.237 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nyw6. Unique identifier: us7000nyw6. The temblor was reported at 18:05:16 / 6:05 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 35.237 km (22 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Junín, Balzar, El Triunfo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Manta (c. 183 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Portoviejo (c. 170 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from La Libertad (c. 75 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Salinas (c. 43 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Santa Elena (c. 42 200 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Balzar (c. 40 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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 two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km WSW of Paján, Ecuador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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