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Moderate earthquake 5.1 mag, 17 km SE of Sucre, Ecuador

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A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Sucre in Ecuador. Event id: us10004vl0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004vl0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 19:54:47 / 7:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -80.3287° West, -1.3891° South, depth 55.63 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 55.63 km (35 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/03/16 / 2016-03-06 00:54:47 / March 6, 2016 @ 12:54 am UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 102 km (63 miles) from Guayaquil (c. 1 952 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Manta (c. 183 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Portoviejo (c. 170 300 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Eloy Alfaro (c. 167 800 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Quevedo (c. 119 400 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Babahoyo (c. 76 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Velasco Ibarra (c. 48 800 pop). Close country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yaguachi Nuevo, Quevedo, Guayaquil (min 5000 pop).

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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 17 km SE of Sucre, Ecuador.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-80.3287° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-1.3891° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	55.63 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	17km SE of Sucre, Ecuador	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-03-06 00:54:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-03-06 01:13:23	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	8	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	402	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	2.477	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.93 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	103	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	us10004vl0	Id of event.
Event Code	10004vl0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10004vl0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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