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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near La Libertad in Ecuador


Earthquake location -2.032S, -80.8929WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from La Libertad in Ecuador on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 31/03/19 / 2019-03-31 14:09:10 / March 31, 2019 @ 2:09 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 09:09:10 / 9:09 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000k80e. Unique identifier: us2000k80e. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -80.8929 West, latitude -2.032 South, depth = 10 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Lucía, Sucre, Lomas de Sargentillo. Epicenter of the earthquake was 22 km (14 miles) from La Libertad (c. 75 900 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Salinas (c. 43 900 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Santa Elena (c. 42 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Jipijapa (c. 35 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Playas (c. 30 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Pedro Carbo (c. 23 400 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Sucre (c. 15 300 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 22 km N of La Libertad, Ecuador.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -80.8929° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.032° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km N of La Libertad, Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-03-31 14:09:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-31 14:30:10 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 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 369 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 1.69 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 107 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 us2000k80e Id of event.
Event Code 2000k80e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000k80e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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