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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 13 km SW of Palora, Ecuador


Earthquake location -1.7711S, -78.0652WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Palora in Ecuador on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 150.779 km (94 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -78.0652° West, -1.7711° South, depth 150.779 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:52:34 / 3:52 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/01/25 / 2025-01-14 15:52:34 / January 14, 2025 @ 3:52 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000pjxc. Event ids that are associated: us6000pjxc.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tena, Píllaro, Ambato (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Ambato (c. 154 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Riobamba (c. 124 500 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Puyo (c. 24 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Macas (c. 23 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Tena (c. 17 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Pelileo (c. 16 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km SW of Palora, Ecuador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -78.0652° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -1.7711° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 150.779 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km SW of Palora, Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-14 15:52:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-14 18:07:58 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 271 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.279 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 80 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 us6000pjxc Id of event.
Event Code 6000pjxc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pjxc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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