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Moderate earthquake 5.5 mag, 39 km WNW of Archidona, Ecuador

Posted by admin on January 31, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -0.8239S, -78.1491WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Archidona in Ecuador on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/01/25 / 2025-01-31 23:02:29 / January 31, 2025 @ 11:02 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pahy. Unique identifier: us7000pahy. The temblor was reported at 23:02:29 / 11:02 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -78.1491° West, -0.8239° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Quito (c. 1 399 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Ambato (c. 154 400 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Riobamba (c. 124 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Latacunga (c. 51 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Cayambe (c. 26 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Machachi (c. 25 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Puyo (c. 24 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Tena (c. 17 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Riobamba, Guano, Palora. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. 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: 39 km WNW of Archidona, Ecuador.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -78.1491° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.8239° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 km WNW of Archidona, Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-31 23:02:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-31 23:22:41 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 466 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 78 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.242 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 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 us7000pahy Id of event.
Event Code 7000pahy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pahy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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