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Minor earthquake, 3.8 mag has occurred near Santa Lucía in Ecuador

Posted by admin on November 9, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -2.2585S, -80.1519WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Santa Lucía in Ecuador. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nqw6. Id of event: us7000nqw6. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:44:53 / 2:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/11/24 / 2024-11-09 14:44:53 / November 9, 2024 @ 2:44 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.868 km (32 miles). Exact location of event, depth 51.868 km, -80.1519° West, -2.2585° South.

Epicenter of the event was 28 km (17 miles) from Guayaquil (c. 1 952 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Eloy Alfaro (c. 167 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Babahoyo (c. 76 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from La Libertad (c. 75 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Santa Elena (c. 42 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Naranjito (c. 34 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Babahoyo, Paján, La Libertad (min 5000 pop). 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 18 km WSW of Santa Lucía, Ecuador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -80.1519° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.2585° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 51.868 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18 km WSW of Santa Lucía, Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-09 14:44:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-09 15:13:44 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 222 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 0.917 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 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 us7000nqw6 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nqw6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nqw6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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