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Minor mag. 3.9 earthquake - Ecuador - Pastaza, a 117.25km de Macas on Wednesday, 3 April 2019

This quake was likely an aftershock of the M 7.5 quake: Peru-Ecuador Border Region on Fri, 22 Feb 10h17, which had occurred 6 weeks earlier.
Minor mag. 3.9 earthquake - Ecuador - Pastaza, a 117.25km de Macas on Wednesday, 3 April 2019
Apr 3 13:32: Magnitude recalculated from 4.2 to 3.9.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 136.0 to 113.0 km.
Date & time: Wednesday, 3 April 2019 13:21 UTC
Local time at epicenter: 2019-04-03 08:21:43
Magnitude: 3.9
Depth: 113.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 2.32°S / 77.06°W (Ecuador)
Nearest volcano: Sangay (147 km)
Primary data source: IGEPN
Estimated released energy: 4.5*10^10 J (12.4 MWh / 10.7 tons of TNT) [learn more]
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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
TimeMag. / DepthLocationSource
Wed, 3 Apr 2019
Wed, 3 Apr 13:21 UTCM 4.2 / 124 kmPeru-ecuador Border RegionEMSC
Wed, 3 Apr 13:21 UTCM 4.2 / 139.3 km97km ESE of Palora, EcuadorUSGS

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