A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Palora in Ecuador on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/12/25 / 2025-12-14 20:23:41 / December 14, 2025 @ 8:23 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000ruuw. Event ids that are associated: us6000ruuw. Exact location of event, longitude -77.984 West, latitude -1.7701 South, depth = 147.944 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:23:41 / 8:23 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 147.944 km (92 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Píllaro, Ambato, Tena. Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (57 miles) from Ambato (c. 154 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Riobamba (c. 124 500 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Puyo (c. 24 900 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Macas (c. 23 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Tena (c. 17 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Pelileo (c. 16 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Guano (c. 12 700 pop). Close country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 7 km SSW of Palora, Ecuador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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