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Minor earthquake 3.3 mag, 14 km S of La Troncal, Ecuador


Earthquake location -2.5542S, -79.3326WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from La Troncal in Ecuador. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.67 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -79.3326° West, latitude -2.5542° South, depth = 2.67 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/12/20 / 2020-12-04 23:53:27 / December 4, 2020 @ 11:53 pm. The temblor was reported at 23:53:27 / 11:53 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000cnbu. Unique identifier: us7000cnbu.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (46 miles) from Guayaquil (c. 1 952 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Cuenca (c. 277 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Eloy Alfaro (c. 167 800 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from La Troncal (c. 36 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Azogues (c. 34 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palestina, Samborondón, Guayaquil (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 was reported nearby.

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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: 14 km S of La Troncal, Ecuador.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -79.3326° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.5542° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.67 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km S of La Troncal, Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-04 23:53:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-05 05:42:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 168 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 0.115 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 249 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000cnbu Id of event.
Event Code 7000cnbu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cnbu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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