Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Cañar in Ecuador

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Cañar in Ecuador. Event id: us7000mtr3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mtr3. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/06/24 / 2024-06-21 06:02:51 / June 21, 2024 @ 6:02 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -78.7711 West, latitude -2.4952 South, depth = 94.087 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 06:02:51 / 6:02 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 94.087 km (58 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Riobamba, San Miguel, Naranjito (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Cuenca (c. 277 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Riobamba (c. 124 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from La Troncal (c. 36 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Azogues (c. 34 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Naranjito (c. 34 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Macas (c. 23 700 pop).

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 nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 20 km ENE of Cañar, Ecuador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-78.7711° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-2.4952° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	94.087 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	20 km ENE of Cañar, Ecuador	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-06-21 06:02:51	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-21 06:27:56	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	298	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	35	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.999	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.67 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	146	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	us7000mtr3	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mtr3	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mtr3,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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