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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Gualaquiza in Ecuador


Earthquake location -3.4471S, -77.3086WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 138 km E of Gualaquiza, Ecuador (86 miles). The temblor was reported at 18:41:55 / 6:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -77.3086° West, latitude -3.4471° South, depth = 107.4 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hcl4. Id of event: us1000hcl4. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/10/18 / 2018-10-15 23:41:55 / October 15, 2018 @ 11:41 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 107.4 km (67 miles).

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 two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 138 km E of Gualaquiza, Ecuador.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -77.3086° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.4471° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 107.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 138km E of Gualaquiza, Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-10-15 23:41:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-16 00:03:22 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 340 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 3.834 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 143 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 us1000hcl4 Id of event.
Event Code 1000hcl4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hcl4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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