A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Salinas in Ecuador. Exact location of event, longitude -81.0659 West, latitude -1.6864 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:54:48 / 3:54 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000qwff. Event ids that are associated: us7000qwff. Global time and date of event 16/09/25 / 2025-09-16 03:54:48 / September 16, 2025 @ 3:54 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Portoviejo, Santa Ana, Pedro Carbo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Manta (c. 183 200 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Portoviejo (c. 170 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from La Libertad (c. 75 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Salinas (c. 43 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Santa Elena (c. 42 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Jipijapa (c. 35 900 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Pedro Carbo (c. 23 400 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km NNW of Salinas, Ecuador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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