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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Yantzaza in Ecuador


Earthquake location -3.7935S, -78.5936WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Yantzaza in Ecuador on Sunday. Unique identifier: us6000ni0m. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ni0m. Exact location of earthquake, -78.5936° West, -3.7935° South, depth 101.663 km. The temblor was picked up at 06:57:04 / 6:57 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 101.663 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/08/24 / 2024-08-04 06:57:04 / August 4, 2024 @ 6:57 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Loja (c. 117 800 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Catamayo (c. 18 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Zamora (c. 15 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Yantzaza (c. 10 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Catamayo, Loja, Zamora (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 19 km ENE of Yantzaza, Ecuador.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -78.5936° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.7935° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 101.663 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19 km ENE of Yantzaza, Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-04 06:57:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-04 07:27:43 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 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.865 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 158 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 us6000ni0m Id of event.
Event Code 6000ni0m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ni0m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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