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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 8 km NW of Esmeraldas, Ecuador


Earthquake location 1.0083S, -79.7147WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Esmeraldas in Ecuador on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/01/21 / 2021-01-10 09:31:08 / January 10, 2021 @ 9:31 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 09:31:08 / 9:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -79.7147 West, latitude 1.0083 North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000d1ef. Id of event: us7000d1ef.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Valdez, Rosa Zarate, Muisne. Nearby country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 9 km (5 miles) from Esmeraldas (c. 165 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Rosa Zarate (c. 42 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Muisne (c. 13 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Valdez (c. 11 400 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 8 km NW of Esmeraldas, 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 -79.7147° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.0083° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km NW of Esmeraldas, Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-10 09:31:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-27 07:51:13 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 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 1.477 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 149 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 us7000d1ef Id of event.
Event Code 7000d1ef An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d1ef, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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