Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Baláo in Ecuador

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Baláo in Ecuador. Exact location of earthquake, -80.0858° West, -2.7626° South, depth 10 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:04:34 / 6:04 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nggb. Unique identifier: us6000nggb. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/07/24 / 2024-07-28 06:04:34 / July 28, 2024 @ 6:04 am.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Troncal, Yaguachi Nuevo, Zarumilla (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Guayaquil (c. 1 952 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Machala (c. 198 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Eloy Alfaro (c. 167 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Pasaje (c. 44 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 41 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Huaquillas (c. 39 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 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 has struck near. 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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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: 34 km WNW of Baláo, Ecuador.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-80.0858° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-2.7626° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	34 km WNW of Baláo, Ecuador	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-07-28 06:04:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-21 07:50:20	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	259	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	25	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.781	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.8 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	191	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	us6000nggb	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nggb	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nggb,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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