A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Tena in Ecuador. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 184.547 km, -77.4976° West, -1.2481° South. The temblor was picked up at 05:37:41 / 5:37 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000pxlb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pxlb. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/03/25 / 2025-03-08 05:37:41 / March 8, 2025 @ 5:37 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 184.547 km (115 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Baños, Puerto Francisco de Orellana, Boca Suno (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 104 km (64 miles) from Puerto Francisco de Orellana (c. 48 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Puyo (c. 24 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Boca Suno (c. 20 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Tena (c. 17 200 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Baños (c. 9 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Archidona (c. 7 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Palora (c. 6 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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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 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: 44 km SE of Tena, Ecuador.
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