A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Piñas in Ecuador. The epicenter was at a depth of 69.758 km (43 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000rik7. Event ids that are associated: us6000rik7. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/10/25 / 2025-10-22 00:05:44 / October 22, 2025 @ 12:05 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 69.758 km, -79.8229° West, -3.6247° South. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:05:44 / 12:05 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Naranjal, Zamora, Zorritos (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Machala (c. 198 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Loja (c. 117 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Tumbes (c. 109 200 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Pasaje (c. 44 900 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 41 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Huaquillas (c. 39 800 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Naranjal (c. 32 000 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Catamayo (c. 18 600 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 16 km WNW of Piñas, Ecuador.
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