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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 35 km ENE of Palora, Ecuador


Earthquake location -1.585S, -77.6695WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Palora in Ecuador on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 177.328 km (110 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -77.6695° West, -1.585° South, depth 177.328 km. Global time and date of event 10/05/25 / 2025-05-10 18:02:26 / May 10, 2025 @ 6:02 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pyg8. Unique identifier: us7000pyg8. The temblor was picked up at 18:02:26 / 6:02 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Baños, Archidona, Tena (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 39 km (24 miles) from Puyo (c. 24 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Tena (c. 17 200 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Baños (c. 9 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Archidona (c. 7 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Palora (c. 6 500 pop).

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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 35 km ENE of Palora, Ecuador.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -77.6695° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -1.585° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 177.328 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 km ENE 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 2025-05-10 18:02:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-10 21:16:49 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 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.367 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 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 us7000pyg8 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pyg8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pyg8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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