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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag strikes near Zaruma in Ecuador


Earthquake location -3.6722S, -79.6095WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Zaruma in Ecuador. The temblor was picked up at 02:43:12 / 2:43 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/05/24 / 2024-05-21 02:43:12 / May 21, 2024 @ 2:43 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mzyb. Id of event: us6000mzyb. Exact location of event, longitude -79.6095 West, latitude -3.6722 South, depth = 90.726 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 90.726 km (56 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 epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Machala (c. 198 100 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Loja (c. 117 800 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Tumbes (c. 109 200 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Pasaje (c. 44 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 41 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Huaquillas (c. 39 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Catamayo (c. 18 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yantzaza, Tumbes, Baláo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 2 km N of Zaruma, Ecuador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -79.6095° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.6722° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 90.726 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km N of Zaruma, Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-21 02:43:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-21 03:02:31 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 416 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 81 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.287 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 94 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 us6000mzyb Id of event.
Event Code 6000mzyb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mzyb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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