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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Paján in Ecuador

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Paján in Ecuador on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nwcz. Id of event: us7000nwcz. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:14:14 / 11:14 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 23:14:14 / December 5, 2024 @ 11:14 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 37.874 km, -80.4795° West, -1.4843° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37.874 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Lucía, Santa Elena, Tosagua (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Manta (c. 183 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Portoviejo (c. 170 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Santa Elena (c. 42 200 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Balzar (c. 40 100 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Jipijapa (c. 35 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Vinces (c. 32 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km NW of Paján, Ecuador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-80.4795° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-1.4843° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	37.874 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km NW of Paján, Ecuador	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-05 23:14:14	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-05 23:43:40	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	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	21	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.563	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.36 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	172	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	us7000nwcz	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nwcz	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nwcz,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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