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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Santa Lucia in Ecuador

Posted by admin on May 16, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location -2.2085S, -80.2783WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Santa Lucia in Ecuador on Tuesday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:59:17 / 10:59 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 16/05/17 / 2017-05-16 15:59:17 / May 16, 2017 @ 3:59 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -80.2783° West, -2.2085° South, depth 56.87 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10008sr2. Unique identifier: us10008sr2. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 56.87 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Guayaquil (c. 1 952 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Eloy Alfaro (c. 167 800 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Babahoyo (c. 76 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from La Libertad (c. 75 900 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Salinas (c. 43 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Santa Elena (c. 42 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Naranjito (c. 34 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Babahoyo, Coronel Marcelino Maridueña, Baláo (min 5000 pop).

Every 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. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 31 km W of Santa Lucia, Ecuador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -80.2783° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.2085° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.87 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31km W of Santa Lucia, Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-05-16 15:59:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-16 18:56:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 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 329 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 0.712 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 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 us10008sr2 Id of event.
Event Code 10008sr2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008sr2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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