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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near La Libertad in Ecuador

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Earthquake location -2.7017S, -80.8537WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from La Libertad in Ecuador on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -80.8537 West, latitude -2.7017 South, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000nhes. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nhes. Global time and date of event 01/10/24 / 2024-10-01 09:07:36 / October 1, 2024 @ 9:07 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 09:07:36 / 9:07 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salinas, Santa Elena, La Libertad (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 52 km (33 miles) from La Libertad (c. 75 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Salinas (c. 43 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Santa Elena (c. 42 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Playas (c. 30 600 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 52 km S of La Libertad, Ecuador.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -80.8537° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.7017° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km S of La Libertad, Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-01 09:07:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-01 11:22:17 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 312 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 70 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.395 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 153 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000nhes Id of event.
Event Code 7000nhes An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nhes, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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