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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Yaguachi in Ecuador


Earthquake location -2.0616S, -79.701WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Yaguachi in Ecuador. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 92.06 km (57 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 92.06 km, -79.701° West, -2.0616° South. The temblor was detected at 08:35:38 / 8:35 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/06/18 / 2018-06-15 13:35:38 / June 15, 2018 @ 1:35 pm. Unique identifier: us1000esc9. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000esc9.

Close country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaranda, San Miguel, Balzar. The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Guayaquil (c. 1 952 000 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Eloy Alfaro (c. 167 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Babahoyo (c. 76 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ventanas (c. 46 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Balzar (c. 40 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from La Troncal (c. 36 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km NNW of Yaguachi, Ecuador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -79.701° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.0616° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 92.06 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km NNW of Yaguachi, Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-15 13:35:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-15 14:41:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 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 301 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 1.004 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 174 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 us1000esc9 Id of event.
Event Code 1000esc9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000esc9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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