A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Salinas in Ecuador on Saturday. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:59:54 / 11:59 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qw23. Id of event: us7000qw23. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/09/25 / 2025-09-13 23:59:54 / September 13, 2025 @ 11:59 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -81.2188° West, -1.8371° South, depth 10 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Paján, Jipijapa, Santa Elena. Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from La Libertad (c. 75 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Salinas (c. 43 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Santa Elena (c. 42 200 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Jipijapa (c. 35 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Paján (c. 9 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop).
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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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 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: 51 km NW of Salinas, Ecuador.
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