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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 28 km WNW of Esmeraldas, Ecuador


Earthquake location 1.0815S, -79.8781WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Esmeraldas in Ecuador. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.32 km (28 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -79.8781 West, latitude 1.0815 North, depth = 44.32 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000de7j. Id of event: us6000de7j. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/01/21 / 2021-01-26 22:58:05 / January 26, 2021 @ 10:58 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:58:05 / 10:58 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rosa Zarate, Muisne, Esmeraldas. Event epicenter was 28 km (18 miles) from Esmeraldas (c. 165 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Rosa Zarate (c. 42 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Muisne (c. 13 400 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 28 km WNW of Esmeraldas, Ecuador.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -79.8781° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.0815° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 44.32 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km WNW of Esmeraldas, Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-26 22:58:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-04 04:00:49 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 312 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 1.655 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.48 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 us6000de7j Id of event.
Event Code 6000de7j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000de7j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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