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Minor earthquake: M2.9 quake has struck near San Gabriel in Ecuador

Posted by admin on October 9, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 0.6176S, -77.8368WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from San Gabriel in Ecuador on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 23:32:05 / 11:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -77.8368° West, latitude 0.6176° North, depth = 13.53 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nxpn. Unique identifier: us6000nxpn. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.53 km (8 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/10/24 / 2024-10-09 23:32:05 / October 9, 2024 @ 11:32 pm.

Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Ibarra (c. 133 000 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Tulcán (c. 86 500 pop), 31 km (20 miles) from Ipiales (c. 77 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Otavalo (c. 32 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Cayambe (c. 26 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop), Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cayambe, Guaitarilla, Otavalo (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 2 km NNW of San Gabriel, Ecuador.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -77.8368° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.6176° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.53 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km NNW of San Gabriel, Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-09 23:32:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-09 23:39:49 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 129 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 9 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.11 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 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 ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000nxpn Id of event.
Event Code 6000nxpn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nxpn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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