A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Puyo in Ecuador. Exact location of event, depth 169.31 km, -77.8088° West, -1.3137° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 169.31 km (105 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:52:42 / 6:52 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/09/19 / 2019-09-09 23:52:42 / September 9, 2019 @ 11:52 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005dxj. Id of event: us70005dxj.
Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Ambato (c. 154 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Puyo (c. 24 900 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Tena (c. 17 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Pelileo (c. 16 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from San Miguel de Salcedo (c. 10 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Baños (c. 9 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Miguel de Salcedo, Ambato, Píllaro (min 5000 pop).
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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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. 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: 25 km NE of Puyo, Ecuador.
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