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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Sucua in Ecuador


Earthquake location -2.8066S, -78.1428WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Sucua in Ecuador. Unique identifier: us60004ykh. Ids that are associated to the event: us60004ykh. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:41:29 / 9:41 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/07/19 / 2019-07-24 02:41:29 / July 24, 2019 @ 2:41 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -78.1428° West, -2.8066° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Azogues (c. 34 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Macas (c. 23 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Gualaceo (c. 17 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Cañar (c. 9 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Sucúa (c. 7 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cañar, Azogues, Gualaceo (min 5000 pop).

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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 37 km S of Sucua, Ecuador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -78.1428° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.8066° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37km S of Sucua, Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-07-24 02:41:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-01 23:39:15 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 1.163 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 123 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 us60004ykh Id of event.
Event Code 60004ykh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60004ykh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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