A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Muisne in Ecuador. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.91 km (9 miles). Exact location, longitude -80.037° West, latitude 0.5717° North, depth = 13.91 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:45:10 / 11:45 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/06/16 / 2016-06-06 16:45:10 / June 6, 2016 @ 4:45 pm. Unique identifier: us200062cm. Ids that are associated to the event: us200062cm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rosa Zarate, Esmeraldas, Pedernales (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Esmeraldas (c. 165 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Rosa Zarate (c. 42 100 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Muisne (c. 13 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Pedernales (c. 6 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 3 km S of Muisne, Ecuador.
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