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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Tena in Ecuador

Posted by admin on August 28, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -1.3059S, -77.4333WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Tena in Ecuador. Id of earthquake: us6000ni0h. Event ids that are associated: us6000ni0h. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 197.728 km (123 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/08/24 / 2024-08-04 06:00:26 / August 4, 2024 @ 6:00 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -77.4333° West, latitude -1.3059° South, depth = 197.728 km. The temblor was picked up at 06:00:26 / 6:00 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Boca Suno, Palora, Puyo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Puyo (c. 24 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Boca Suno (c. 20 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Tena (c. 17 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Archidona (c. 7 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Palora (c. 6 500 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 54 km SE of Tena, Ecuador.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -77.4333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -1.3059° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 197.728 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54 km SE of Tena, 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 06:00:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-28 07:39:00 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 271 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.62 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 67 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 us6000ni0h Id of event.
Event Code 6000ni0h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ni0h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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