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Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - Near Coast of Ecuador on Sunday, 3 December 2017 - information

Very strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - 28 km north of Chone, Provincia de Manabi, Ecuador, on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 11:19 GMT

Very strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - 28 km north of Chone, Provincia de Manabi, Ecuador, on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 11:19 GMT Very strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - 28 km north of Chone, Provincia de Manabi, Ecuador, on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 11:19 GMT

Very strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake at 10 km depth

3 Dec 11:25 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 6 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & timeDec 3, 2017 11:19:06 UTC
Local time at epicenter
StatusConfirmed
Magnitude6
Depth10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude0.46°S / 80.18°W (Canton Chone, Provincia de Manabi, Ecuador)
Antipode0.46°N / 99.82°E
Shaking intensityModerate shaking
Felt59 reports
Primary data sourceGFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Nearest volcanoQuilotoa (149 km / 93 mi)
Nearby towns and cities28 km (18 mi) NNW of Chone (Manabí) (pop: 44,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
31 km (19 mi) ENE of Caracas (Cantón Sucre, Manabí) (pop: 37,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
37 km (23 mi) N of Tosagua (Manabí) (pop: 14,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
43 km (27 mi) N of Calceta (Bolivar, Manabí) (pop: 17,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
73 km (45 mi) NNE of Portoviejo (Manabí) (pop: 170,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
81 km (51 mi) NE of Manta (Manabí) (pop: 183,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
84 km (52 mi) NE of Montecristi (Manabí) (pop: 18,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
89 km (55 mi) NW of Empalme (Guayas) (pop: 48,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
186 km (115 mi) W of Quito (Pichincha) (pop: 1,399,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
196 km (122 mi) N of Guayaquil (Guayas) (pop: 1,952,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
Estimated seismic energy released6.3 x 1013 joules (17.5 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 15080 tons of TNT or 0.9 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
Mag.DepthLocationSource
6.010 kmNear Coast of EcuadorGFZ
6.220 kmNear coast of Ecuador [Land: Ecuador]INGV
6.025 km- 19km NE of Bahia de Caraquez, EcuadorUSGS
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Seismograms

Seismic station: Tegucigalpa, Honduras (TGUH/CU network) | Distance from quake: 1793 km / 1114 mi | Show on map | Station Info
Seismic station Tegucigalpa, Honduras: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)
Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.02-2.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool
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User reports for this quake (59)

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Quevedo (99.4 km SE of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : Estaba durmiendo y se movio la cama por varios segundos fuerte (reported through our app)  
Quito (43.3 km SSW of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) : We live on the 12th floor of a building in Quito and I was in bed this morning and felt slight movement  
I felt it. (187.6 km S of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) (reported through our app)
Montanita / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Bed I was in was shaking heavily for 10 sec  
166.8 km SSW of epicenter [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
Samborondón (183.2 km SSE of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) (reported through our app)
Quito / Weak shaking (MMI III)
Quito / Weak shaking (MMI III) : Felt in Quito  
briceno, manabi, ecuador / Very strong shaking (MMI VII)   
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Quito (184.3 km E of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) (reported through our app)
Guayaquil / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Machala, El Oro Ecuador (307.8 km S of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) : F (reported through our app)  
Olon (162.2 km SSW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV)
ayampe / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Canoa / Very strong shaking (MMI VII) : Very strong shaking.  
Garzota Guayaquil (200.3 km SSE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Wakened by bed moving and mirror rattling  
Rio Chico (167.9 km SSW of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : Woke up from shaking. The whole house was slowly shaking from side to side. Must have been around 6:30am  
Quito / Light shaking (MMI IV) : I felt my bed shaking, woke me up  
Fuerte movimiento,susto general (33 km SW of epicenter) [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) (reported through our app)
Canoa / Strong shaking (MMI VI)
187.2 km S of epicenter [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) (reported through our app)
Guayaquil / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
176.3 km S of epicenter [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) (reported through our app)
396.2 km SSE of epicenter [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) (reported through our app)
Cuenca / Very weak shaking (MMI II) : Please note that I’m on the third too floor of a condo building. I heard shaking sound as I felt slight sway and saw electric wires outside swaying as I left building.this was at about 6:15 am.  
Manta / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Cracks in wall near main columns. Seemed to go for a while. Got me out of bed  
195.4 km S of epicenter [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) (reported through our app)
196.1 km SSE of epicenter [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) (reported through our app)
Floresta 1-Guayaquil -Ecuador. (202.4 km S of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Me acabó de despertar... Si pué algo más largo que los 2 últimos ... (reported through our app)  
Bahia de caraquez (31.1 km WSW of epicenter) [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) : Otra experiencia mas. Mucho nerviosismo en la gente. (reported through our app)  
Guayaquil (188.8 km S of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) (reported through our app)
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Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (4 quakes)

Date and timeMag
Depth
LocationDetails
Apr 26, 2018 04:06
5 years ago
3.6

10 km
25 km E of Chone, Provincia de Manabi, EcuadorMore
Jan 6, 2018 19:30
5 years ago - felt
4.6

7 km
22 km S of Caracas, Canton Sucre, Provincia de Manabi, EcuadorMore
Dec 21, 2017 01:21
5 years ago
3.2

2 km
18 km E of Caracas, Canton Sucre, Provincia de Manabi, EcuadorMore
Dec 3, 2017 15:16
5 years ago - felt
4.0

10 km
22 km N of Caracas, Canton Sucre, Provincia de Manabi, EcuadorMore

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