Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag has occurred near Palora in Ecuador

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Palora in Ecuador on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 173.115 km (108 miles). Global time and date of event 12/10/24 / 2024-10-12 00:26:20 / October 12, 2024 @ 12:26 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000ny7n. Event ids that are associated: us6000ny7n. Exact location of event, longitude -78.0571 West, latitude -1.7241 South, depth = 173.115 km. The temblor was picked up at 00:26:20 / 12:26 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Ambato (c. 154 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Riobamba (c. 124 500 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Puyo (c. 24 900 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Macas (c. 23 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Pelileo (c. 16 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sucúa, Píllaro, Ambato (min 5000 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km WSW of Palora, Ecuador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-78.0571° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-1.7241° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	173.115 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 km WSW of Palora, Ecuador	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-10-12 00:26:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-12 00:45:35	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	178	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	16	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.232	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.56 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	219	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	us6000ny7n	Id of event.
Event Code	6000ny7n	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000ny7n,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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