- 21 km southeast of Muisne, Provincia de Esmeraldas, Ecuador, on 2016/04/16 21:29:00

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 7.8 quake 28 km south of Muisne, Provincia de Esmeraldas, Ecuador, 2016-04-16 18:58:37 -05:00, which had occurred 2 heures et 30 minutes earlier.
- 21 km southeast of Muisne, Provincia de Esmeraldas, Ecuador, on 2016/04/16 21:29:00

Tremblement de terre fort magnitude 3.6 at 0 km depth

17 Apr 02:38 UTC: Premier à signaler: IGEPN après 10 minutes.
Date & time: 17 Apr 2016 02:29:00 UTC
Local time at epicenter: 2016/04/16 21:29:00
Magnitude: 3.6
Profondeur: 0.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 0.44°N / 79.93°W (Canton Muisne, Provincia de Esmeraldas, Équateur)
Volcan le plus près: Guagua Pichincha (163 km / 101 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
21 km SSE de Muisne (Esmeraldas) (pop: 13,400) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
43 km NNE de Pedernales (Manabí) (pop: 5,980) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
52 km ONO de Rosa Zarate (Esmeraldas) (pop: 42,100) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
65 km SSO de Esmeraldas (pop: 165,200) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
114 km NO de Santo Domingo de los Colorados (Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas) (pop: 200,400) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
128 km NNE de Bahia de Caraquez (Cantón Sucre, Manabí) (pop: 37,100) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
128 km N de Chone (Manabí) (pop: 44,800) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
171 km NNO de Quevedo (Los Ríos) (pop: 119,400) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
173 km ONO de San Francisco de Quito (Pichincha) (pop: 1,399,800) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
293 km N de Guayaquil (Guayas) (pop: 1,952,000) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
Primary data source: IGEPN (Institute of Geophysics of the National Polytechnic School in Quito)
Estimated released energy: 1.6 x 1010 joules (4.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 3.79 tons of TNT) More info
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MagnitudeProfondeurLocationSource
M 3.6 kmNear Coast of EcuadorIGEPN

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- 21 km southeast of Muisne, Provincia de Esmeraldas, Ecuador, on 2016/04/16 21:29:00
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