A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Santa Rosa in Ecuador on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 59.178 km (37 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000qvm0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qvm0. The temblor was detected at 12:34:01 / 12:34 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/07/25 / 2025-07-28 12:34:01 / July 28, 2025 @ 12:34 pm. Exact location, longitude -79.8973° West, latitude -3.5845° South, depth = 59.178 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cariamanga, Loja, Macará. Close country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Machala (c. 198 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Loja (c. 117 800 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Tumbes (c. 109 200 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Pasaje (c. 44 900 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 41 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Huaquillas (c. 39 800 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 16 km SSE of Santa Rosa, Ecuador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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