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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 9 km ESE of Montecristi, Ecuador

Posted by admin on August 19, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location -1.0716S, -80.5858WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Montecristi in Ecuador. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:50:25 / 2:50 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/08/15 / 2015-08-19 07:50:25 / August 19, 2015 @ 7:50 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 38.39 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us100033b8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100033b8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -80.5858° West, -1.0716° South, depth 38.39 km.

Epicenter of the event was 19 km (12 miles) from Manta (c. 183 200 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Portoviejo (c. 170 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Chone (c. 44 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Balzar (c. 40 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Bahía de Caráquez (c. 37 100 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Jipijapa (c. 35 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Pedro Carbo (c. 23 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pedro Carbo, Colimes, Balzar. Nearby country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km ESE of Montecristi, Ecuador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -80.5858° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -1.0716° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.39 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km ESE of Montecristi, Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-19 07:50:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-19 21:35:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 312 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.499 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 131 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us100033b8 Id of event.
Event Code 100033b8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100033b8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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