A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Archidona in Ecuador. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -77.9596° West, -0.6213° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 14:50:14 / 2:50 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pwwy. Unique identifier: us7000pwwy. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/05/25 / 2025-05-03 14:50:14 / May 3, 2025 @ 2:50 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puyo, Boca Suno, Pujilí. Country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (48 miles) from Quito (c. 1 399 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Latacunga (c. 51 700 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Cayambe (c. 26 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Machachi (c. 25 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Puyo (c. 24 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Boca Suno (c. 20 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Tena (c. 17 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 36 km NNW of Archidona, Ecuador.
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