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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 49 km NW of Yantzaza, Ecuador


Earthquake location -3.5285S, -79.0897WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Yantzaza in Ecuador on Thursday. Id of earthquake: us7000579b. Event ids that are associated: us7000579b. The epicenter was at a depth of 67.46 km (42 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -79.0897 West, latitude -3.5285 South, depth = 67.46 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:53:41 / 3:53 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 22/08/19 / 2019-08-22 20:53:41 / August 22, 2019 @ 8:53 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Azogues, Catacocha, Pasaje (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Cuenca (c. 277 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Loja (c. 117 800 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Pasaje (c. 44 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Azogues (c. 34 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Catamayo (c. 18 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Gualaceo (c. 17 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. 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: 49 km NW of Yantzaza, Ecuador.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -79.0897° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.5285° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 67.46 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49km NW of Yantzaza, Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-08-22 20:53:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-22 23:08:00 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 271 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 1.068 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 185 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 us7000579b Id of event.
Event Code 7000579b An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000579b, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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