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Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake has struck near Puyo in Ecuador

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A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Puyo in Ecuador on Friday. The temblor was detected at 10:37:42 / 10:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -77.4947° West, -1.4882° South, depth 195.917 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/11/24 / 2024-11-08 10:37:42 / November 8, 2024 @ 10:37 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 195.917 km (122 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000nqkx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nqkx.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Baños, Boca Suno, Archidona (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Puyo (c. 24 900 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Boca Suno (c. 20 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Tena (c. 17 200 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Baños (c. 9 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Archidona (c. 7 300 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Palora (c. 6 500 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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 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: 56 km E of Puyo, Ecuador.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-77.4947° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-1.4882° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	195.917 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	56 km E of Puyo, Ecuador	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-11-08 10:37:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-08 10:53:15	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	400	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	60	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.53	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.12 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	64	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000nqkx	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nqkx	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nqkx,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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