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Strong earthquake 6.4 mag, 33 km NW of Rosa Zarate, Ecuador

Posted by admin on July 11, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 0.5567S, -79.6718WA earthquake with magnitude 6.4 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Rosa Zarate in Ecuador on Sunday. Event id: us100062hg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100062hg. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -79.6718° West, 0.5567° North. The temblor was reported at 21:11:06 / 9:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/07/16 / 2016-07-11 02:11:06 / July 11, 2016 @ 2:11 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Lorenzo de Esmeraldas, Valdez, Santo Domingo de los Colorados (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 106 km (66 miles) from Santo Domingo de los Colorados (c. 200 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Esmeraldas (c. 165 200 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Rosa Zarate (c. 42 100 pop), 123 km (77 miles) from San Lorenzo de Esmeraldas (c. 20 200 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Muisne (c. 13 400 pop), 109 km (67 miles) from Valdez (c. 11 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Pedernales (c. 6 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 33 km NW of Rosa Zarate, Ecuador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -79.6718° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.5567° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33km NW of Rosa Zarate, Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-07-11 02:11:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-11 02:57:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 79 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5 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 670 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.261 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 72 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwp The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us100062hg Id of event.
Event Code 100062hg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100062hg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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