Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Balao in Ecuador

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Balao in Ecuador. The temblor was detected at 14:09:18 / 2:09 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000d2de. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000d2de. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.27 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/03/18 / 2018-03-03 19:09:18 / March 3, 2018 @ 7:09 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -79.7387 West, latitude -2.839 South, depth = 4.27 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Guayaquil (c. 1 952 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Cuenca (c. 277 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Machala (c. 198 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Eloy Alfaro (c. 167 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Pasaje (c. 44 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 41 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguas Verdes, Huaquillas, Yaguachi Nuevo (min 5000 pop).

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

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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: 12 km NE of Balao, Ecuador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-79.7387° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-2.839° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	4.27 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12km NE of Balao, Ecuador	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-03-03 19:09:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-03-16 03:15:33	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	284	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	0.606	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.28 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	92	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	us1000d2de	Id of event.
Event Code	1000d2de	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000d2de,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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