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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Ecuador


Earthquake location 1.0776S, -79.1367WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported near the coast of Ecuador kilometers (0 miles) from Ecuador on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/07/16 / 2016-07-18 12:00:29 / July 18, 2016 @ 12:00 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:00:29 / 12:00 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 36.82 km (23 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20006gqr. Unique identifier: us20006gqr. Exact location of earthquake, -79.1367° West, 1.0776° North, depth 36.82 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop), Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rosa Zarate, Tumaco, Esmeraldas (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Esmeraldas (c. 165 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Tumaco (c. 86 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Rosa Zarate (c. 42 100 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from San Lorenzo de Esmeraldas (c. 20 200 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Valdez (c. 11 400 pop).

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

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: near the coast of Ecuador.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -79.1367° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.0776° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.82 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place near the coast of Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-07-18 12:00:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-31 07:39:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 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 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 1.08 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 161 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 us20006gqr Id of event.
Event Code 20006gqr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20006gqr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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