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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Sucua in Ecuador


Earthquake location -2.8207S, -77.4507WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Sucua in Ecuador. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 04:06:07 / 4:06 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/04/20 / 2020-04-28 09:06:07 / April 28, 2020 @ 9:06 am. Event id: us60009dtb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009dtb. Exact location, longitude -77.4507° West, latitude -2.8207° South, depth = 10 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Macas, Sucúa. Close country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Macas (c. 23 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Sucúa (c. 7 400 pop).

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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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 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: 88 km ESE of Sucua, Ecuador.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -77.4507° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.8207° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 88km ESE 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 2020-04-28 09:06:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-28 12:53:04 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 326 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 1.838 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 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 us60009dtb Id of event.
Event Code 60009dtb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60009dtb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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