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Moderate mag. 4.2 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 64 km west of Esmeraldas, Ecuador, on Thursday, Dec 1, 2022 at 1:52 am (GMT -5) -

Moderate magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 10 km depth

1 Dec 06:58 UTC: First to report: IGEPN after 6 minutes.
1 Dec 07:00: Magnitude recalculated from 4.0 to 3.9. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 5.0 to 8.0 km (from 3.1 to 5 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 31 km (19 mi) towards WNW.
1 Dec 07:18: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 8.0 to 7.0 km (from 5 to 4.3 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 1.1 km (0.7 mi) towards S.
1 Dec 07:21: Now using data updates from USGS

Earthquake details

Date & time	Dec 1, 2022 06:52:28 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Thursday, Dec 1, 2022 at 1:52 am (GMT -5)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.2
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	0.7849°N / 80.2016°W (North Pacific Ocean, Ecuador)
Antipode	0.785°S / 99.798°E
Shaking intensity	Light shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Guagua Pichincha (208 km / 129 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	28 km (17 mi) NW of Muisne (pop: 13,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 64 km (40 mi) WSW of Esmeraldas (pop: 165,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 81 km (50 mi) NNW of Pedernales (pop: 5,980) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 96 km (59 mi) WNW of Rosa Zarate (pop: 42,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 162 km (101 mi) NW of Santo Domingo de los Colorados (pop: 200,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 207 km (128 mi) N of Portoviejo (pop: 170,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 218 km (135 mi) WNW of Quito (pop: 1,399,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 236 km (147 mi) W of Ibarra (pop: 133,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 141 km (88 mi) WSW of Isla Limones Island (pop: 7,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds 23.6°C (75 F), humidity: 85%, wind: 5 m/s (9 kts) from SW
Estimated seismic energy released	1.3 x 10¹¹ joules (35 megawatt hours, equivalent to 30.1 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.2	10 km	Ecuador - Esmeraldas, A 4.48 Km De Muisne	USGS
4.3	110 km	77 Km Al Oeste De Esmeraldas, Ecuador	INETER
4.2	40 km	NEAR COAST OF ECUADOR	EMSC
4.2	10 km	Near Coast of Ecuador	RaspberryShake
3.9	7 km	Near the Coast of Ecuador	IGEPN
4.2	10 km	Near Coast Of Ecuador	IRIS

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Tumaco, Narino, Colombia (TUM/CM network) | Distance from quake: 201 km / 125 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Tumaco, Narino, Colombia: 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: 0.2-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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