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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Milagro in Ecuador


Earthquake location -2.1265S, -79.5822WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Milagro in Ecuador. Exact location of earthquake, -79.5822° West, -2.1265° South, depth 96.83 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000bjb2. Id of event: us6000bjb2. The temblor was picked up at 00:52:38 / 12:52 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 96.83 km (60 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 time and date of earthquake 23/08/20 / 2020-08-23 00:52:38 / August 23, 2020 @ 12:52 am UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Guayaquil (c. 1 952 000 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Eloy Alfaro (c. 167 800 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Babahoyo (c. 76 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ventanas (c. 46 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Balzar (c. 40 100 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from La Troncal (c. 36 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Balzar, Baláo, Guaranda.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 1 km ENE of Milagro, Ecuador.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -79.5822° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.1265° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 96.83 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1 km ENE of Milagro, Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-23 00:52:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-23 04:56:09 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 284 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 1.761 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 148 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 us6000bjb2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000bjb2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000bjb2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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