Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Puyo in Ecuador

A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Puyo in Ecuador on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/04/20 / 2020-04-28 00:57:03 / April 28, 2020 @ 12:57 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 159.89 km (99 miles). The temblor was picked up at 19:57:03 / 7:57 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -78.0191° West, -1.5891° South, depth 159.89 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700099yh. Id of event: us700099yh.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Ambato (c. 154 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Riobamba (c. 124 500 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Puyo (c. 24 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Macas (c. 23 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Tena (c. 17 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Pelileo (c. 16 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Miguel de Salcedo, Macas, Archidona (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two 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.

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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. 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: 14 km SSW of Puyo, Ecuador.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-78.0191° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-1.5891° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	159.89 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14km SSW of Puyo, Ecuador	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-04-28 00:57:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-05-05 01:17:14	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	246	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	0.978	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	130	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	us700099yh	Id of event.
Event Code	700099yh	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us700099yh,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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