Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Puerto Ayora in Ecuador

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 280 km NNW of Puerto Ayora, Ecuador (174 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006289. Id of event: us60006289. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/10/19 / 2019-10-17 04:41:00 / October 17, 2019 @ 4:41 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:41:00 / 10:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -91.0161° West, 1.7085° North.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 280 km NNW of Puerto Ayora, Ecuador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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