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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Rosa Zarate in Ecuador

Posted by admin on July 21, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 0.4863S, -79.3544WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Rosa Zarate in Ecuador. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qe4h. Unique identifier: us7000qe4h. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:06:32 / 9:06 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.732 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/07/25 / 2025-07-20 21:06:32 / July 20, 2025 @ 9:06 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -79.3544 West, latitude 0.4863 North, depth = 58.732 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Valdez, Pedernales, Santo Domingo de los Colorados. Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Santo Domingo de los Colorados (c. 200 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Esmeraldas (c. 165 200 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Rosa Zarate (c. 42 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Muisne (c. 13 400 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Valdez (c. 11 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Pedernales (c. 6 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 22 km NE of Rosa Zarate, 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 -79.3544° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.4863° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58.732 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km NE of Rosa Zarate, Ecuador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-20 21:06:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-21 03:33:29 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.948 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 142 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 us7000qe4h Id of event.
Event Code 7000qe4h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qe4h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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