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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near La Troncal in Ecuador


Earthquake location -2.3616S, -79.4658WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from La Troncal in Ecuador on Monday. Event id: us7000nnjj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nnjj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 83.947 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 01:22:44 / 1:22 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/10/24 / 2024-10-28 01:22:44 / October 28, 2024 @ 1:22 am. Exact location of event, depth 83.947 km, -79.4658° West, -2.3616° South.

Nearby country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Guayaquil (c. 1 952 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Cuenca (c. 277 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Eloy Alfaro (c. 167 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Babahoyo (c. 76 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from La Troncal (c. 36 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Azogues (c. 34 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Catarama, Lomas de Sargentillo, San Miguel (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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 three and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km WNW of La Troncal, Ecuador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -79.4658° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.3616° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 83.947 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km WNW of La Troncal, Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-28 01:22:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-28 01:49:10 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 298 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.233 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 215 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000nnjj Id of event.
Event Code 7000nnjj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nnjj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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