A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Sucua in Ecuador. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:45:17 / 8:45 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.59 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000632i. Unique identifier: us2000632i. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/06/16 / 2016-06-03 13:45:17 / June 3, 2016 @ 1:45 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -77.4757 West, latitude -2.6296 South, depth = 6.59 km.
Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Macas (c. 23 700 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Sucúa (c. 7 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sucúa, Macas (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 78 km ESE of Sucua, Ecuador.
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