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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Azogues in Ecuador


Earthquake location -2.7359S, -78.6925WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Azogues in Ecuador. The temblor was picked up at 11:35:22 / 11:35 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/05/16 / 2016-05-24 16:35:22 / May 24, 2016 @ 4:35 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -78.6925° West, -2.7359° South, depth 100.43 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005jmp. Unique identifier: us10005jmp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 100.43 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Macas, La Troncal, Sucúa (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 39 km (24 miles) from Cuenca (c. 277 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from La Troncal (c. 36 400 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Azogues (c. 34 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Macas (c. 23 700 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Gualaceo (c. 17 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Alausí (c. 14 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Cañar (c. 9 900 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 15 km E of Azogues, Ecuador.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -78.6925° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.7359° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 100.43 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km E of Azogues, Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-05-24 16:35:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-24 18:28:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 342 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 2.963 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 137 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 us10005jmp Id of event.
Event Code 10005jmp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10005jmp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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