Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Archidona in Ecuador

A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Archidona in Ecuador. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -78.111 West, latitude -0.8592 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 01:06:23 / 1:06 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/06/25 / 2025-06-19 01:06:23 / June 19, 2025 @ 1:06 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ql5b. Id of event: us6000ql5b.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quito, Pelileo, Ambato (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Quito (c. 1 399 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ambato (c. 154 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Latacunga (c. 51 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Machachi (c. 25 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Puyo (c. 24 900 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Tena (c. 17 200 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km W of Archidona, Ecuador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-78.111° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-0.8592° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	34 km W of Archidona, Ecuador	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-06-19 01:06:23	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-06-19 01:28:23	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	298	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	0.284	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.02 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	89	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	us6000ql5b	Id of event.
Event Code	6000ql5b	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000ql5b,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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