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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Machachi in Ecuador

Posted by admin on October 27, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -0.47S, -78.7458WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Machachi in Ecuador on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000cdq4. Unique identifier: us6000cdq4. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -78.7458 West, latitude -0.47 South, depth = 10.6 km. The temblor was reported at 11:59:18 / 11:59 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10.6 km (7 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/10/20 / 2020-10-27 11:59:18 / October 27, 2020 @ 11:59 am.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pelileo, Otavalo, Ambato (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (23 miles) from Quito (c. 1 399 800 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Santo Domingo de los Colorados (c. 200 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ambato (c. 154 400 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Latacunga (c. 51 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Otavalo (c. 32 300 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Cayambe (c. 26 600 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Machachi (c. 25 700 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km WNW of Machachi, Ecuador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -78.7458° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.47° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km WNW of Machachi, Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-27 11:59:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-27 20:49:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 341 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 0.358 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 144 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 us6000cdq4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000cdq4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000cdq4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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