A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 67 km NW of Puerto Villamil, Ecuador (42 miles). Unique identifier: us60007mpr. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007mpr. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/02/20 / 2020-02-02 10:08:48 / February 2, 2020 @ 10:08 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -91.3904 West, latitude -0.5139 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 04:08:48 / 4:08 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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 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: 67 km NW of Puerto Villamil, Ecuador.
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