Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near Tena in Ecuador

A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Tena in Ecuador. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 07:25:17 / 7:25 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -77.5659° West, latitude -1.1864° South, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/02/25 / 2025-02-23 07:25:17 / February 23, 2025 @ 7:25 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pfks. Unique identifier: us7000pfks.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Baños, Palora, Boca Suno (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Puyo (c. 24 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Boca Suno (c. 20 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Tena (c. 17 200 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Baños (c. 9 500 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Archidona (c. 7 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Palora (c. 6 500 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 34 km SE of Tena, Ecuador.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-77.5659° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-1.1864° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	34 km SE of Tena, Ecuador	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-02-23 07:25:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-23 07:45:11	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	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	355	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	53	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.551	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.79 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	58	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mwr	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000pfks	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pfks	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pfks,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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