Minor earthquake, 3 mag was detected near Chone in Ecuador

A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Chone in Ecuador. Global time and date of event 30/10/24 / 2024-10-30 13:55:47 / October 30, 2024 @ 1:55 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54.492 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 13:55:47 / 1:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -79.7599 West, latitude -0.5175 South, depth = 54.492 km. Event id: us7000np0b. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000np0b.

Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Santo Domingo de los Colorados (c. 200 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Quevedo (c. 119 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Velasco Ibarra (c. 48 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Chone (c. 44 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Bahía de Caráquez (c. 37 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Maná, Bahía de Caráquez, Pedernales. Nearby country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 42 km ENE of Chone, Ecuador.

Bahía de Caráquez Chone Ecuador La Maná Pedernales Quevedo Santo Domingo de los Colorados Velasco Ibarra

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-79.7599° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-0.5175° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	54.492 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	42 km ENE of Chone, Ecuador	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-10-30 13:55:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-30 17:52:04	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	8	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.213	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.26 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	254	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	us7000np0b	Id of event.
Event Code	7000np0b	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000np0b,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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