A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Palora in Ecuador. Global time and date of event 06/05/25 / 2025-05-06 20:33:40 / May 6, 2025 @ 8:33 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000pxkc. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pxkc. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 161.307 km (100 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -77.9397° West, -1.7618° South, depth 161.307 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:33:40 / 8:33 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tena, Pelileo, Sucúa. Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Riobamba (c. 124 500 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Puyo (c. 24 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Macas (c. 23 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Tena (c. 17 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Pelileo (c. 16 600 pop), 79 km (49 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-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 7 km SSE of Palora, Ecuador.

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