A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Esmeraldas in Ecuador. The temblor was reported at 17:36:09 / 5:36 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/07/25 / 2025-07-08 17:36:09 / July 8, 2025 @ 5:36 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 43.324 km (27 miles). Event id: us7000qbe7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qbe7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -79.5806 West, latitude 0.9348 North, depth = 43.324 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Lorenzo de Esmeraldas, Valdez, Rosa Zarate (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 9 km (5 miles) from Esmeraldas (c. 165 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Rosa Zarate (c. 42 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from San Lorenzo de Esmeraldas (c. 20 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Muisne (c. 13 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Valdez (c. 11 400 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km ESE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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