Minor earthquake: M3 quake has struck near Santo Domingo de los Colorados in Ecuador

A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Santo Domingo de los Colorados in Ecuador. Exact location of event, longitude -79.0407 West, latitude -0.0988 South, depth = 97.871 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97.871 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:27:10 / 6:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/10/24 / 2024-10-12 06:27:10 / October 12, 2024 @ 6:27 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000ny94. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ny94.

Close country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sangolquí, Machachi, Rosa Zarate (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Quito (c. 1 399 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Santo Domingo de los Colorados (c. 200 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Rosa Zarate (c. 42 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Machachi (c. 25 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Sangolquí (c. 5 100 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km NE of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-79.0407° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-0.0988° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	97.871 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	22 km NE of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, 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 06:27:10	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-12 06:38:24	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	138	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	0.454	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.41 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	224	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	us6000ny94	Id of event.
Event Code	6000ny94	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000ny94,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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