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Minor earthquake, 3.6 mag was detected near Playas in Ecuador

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Earthquake location -2.5509S, -80.5811WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Playas in Ecuador on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -80.5811° West, -2.5509° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/10/24 / 2024-10-01 09:04:27 / October 1, 2024 @ 9:04 am. The temblor was picked up at 09:04:27 / 9:04 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nher. Id of event: us7000nher. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guayaquil, Santa Lucía, Salinas (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Guayaquil (c. 1 952 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from La Libertad (c. 75 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Salinas (c. 43 900 pop), 47 km (30 miles) from Santa Elena (c. 42 200 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Playas (c. 30 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 12 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days six 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 23 km WNW of Playas, Ecuador.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -80.5811° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.5509° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km WNW of Playas, 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 09:04:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-01 14:22:15 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 199 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.087 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 313 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000nher Id of event.
Event Code 7000nher An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nher, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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