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Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag was detected near Esmeraldas in Ecuador

Posted by admin on October 28, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 1.3893S, -79.7834WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Esmeraldas in Ecuador on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -79.7834 West, latitude 1.3893 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nx4r. Id of event: us6000nx4r. Global time and date of event 07/10/24 / 2024-10-07 20:12:06 / October 7, 2024 @ 8:12 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 20:12:06 / 8:12 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Esmeraldas (c. 165 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Esmeraldas (min 5000 pop).

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

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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: 49 km NNW of Esmeraldas, Ecuador.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -79.7834° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.3893° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49 km NNW of Esmeraldas, Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-07 20:12:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-28 15:27:09 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.941 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 293 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 us6000nx4r Id of event.
Event Code 6000nx4r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nx4r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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