Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Palora in Ecuador

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Palora in Ecuador on Friday. The temblor was reported at 00:15:49 / 12:15 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 151.45 km (94 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20005kyw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005kyw. Exact location of earthquake, -78.1199° West, -1.6989° South, depth 151.45 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/04/16 / 2016-04-15 05:15:49 / April 15, 2016 @ 5:15 am.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Miguel de Salcedo, Tena, Sucúa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Ambato (c. 154 400 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Riobamba (c. 124 500 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Puyo (c. 24 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Macas (c. 23 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Tena (c. 17 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Pelileo (c. 16 600 pop). Close country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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: 20 km W of Palora, Ecuador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-78.1199° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-1.6989° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	151.45 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	20km W of Palora, Ecuador	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-04-15 05:15:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-05-08 05:38:45	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	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	271	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	0.776	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.17 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	59	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	us20005kyw	Id of event.
Event Code	20005kyw	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20005kyw,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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