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Minor earthquake 3.7 mag, 6 km NE of Palora, Ecuador


Earthquake location -1.6531S, -77.9327WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Palora in Ecuador on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 184.136 km (114 miles). Exact location of event, depth 184.136 km, -77.9327° West, -1.6531° South. Unique identifier: us6000p6my. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000p6my. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/11/24 / 2024-11-20 21:51:37 / November 20, 2024 @ 9:51 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 21:51:37 / 9:51 pm (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Píllaro, Archidona, Riobamba (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Riobamba (c. 124 500 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Puyo (c. 24 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Macas (c. 23 700 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Tena (c. 17 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Pelileo (c. 16 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Guano (c. 12 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, 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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km NE of Palora, Ecuador.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -77.9327° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -1.6531° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 184.136 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km NE of Palora, Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-20 21:51:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-17 02:37:22 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 211 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.184 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.47 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 us6000p6my Id of event.
Event Code 6000p6my An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000p6my, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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