A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Machachi in Ecuador. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -78.3309 West, latitude -0.5696 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000r1kx. Unique identifier: us6000r1kx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/08/25 / 2025-08-16 10:47:02 / August 16, 2025 @ 10:47 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:47:02 / 10:47 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Quito (c. 1 399 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ambato (c. 154 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Latacunga (c. 51 700 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Otavalo (c. 32 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Cayambe (c. 26 600 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Machachi (c. 25 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Tena (c. 17 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cotacachi, Baños, Otavalo (min 5000 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 27 km ESE of Machachi, Ecuador.

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