Moderate mag. 5.7 earthquake - Colombia-Ecuador Border Region on Monday, 20 October 2014 / VolcanoDiscovery

Moderate mag. 5.6 earthquake - Colombia-Ecuador Border Region on Monday, 20 October 2014

20 Oct 19:39 UTC: Premier à signaler: GFZ après 6 minutes.
Oct 20 20:10: Magnitude recalculée de 5.6 à 5.7.

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Date & time: Monday, 20 October 2014 19:33 UTC
Magnitude: 5.7
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 0.79°N / 77.89°W

(Équateur)
Nearest volcano: Cerro Negro de Mayasquer (12 km / 7 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
17 km SW de Cumbal (pop: 7,500)
19 km W de Tulcán (pop: 86,500)
23 km NW de San Gabriel (pop: 15,100)
82 km SW de Pasto (pop: 382,200)
134 km NE de Quito (pop: 1,399,800)
184 km NE de Santo Domingo de los Colorados (pop: 200,400)
Primary data source: GFZ
Estimated released energy: 2.2 x 10¹³ joules (6.22 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 5351 tons of TNT or 0.3 atomic bombs!) [learn more]

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Heure	Mag. / Depth	Location	Source
Mon, 20 Oct 19:33 UTC	M 5.7 / 10 km	Colombia-Ecuador Border Region	GFZ
Mon, 20 Oct 19:33 UTC	M 5.7 / 10 km	COLOMBIA-ECUADOR BORDER REGION	EMSC
Mon, 20 Oct 19:33 UTC	M 5.6 / 10 km	3km WSW of San Gabriel, Ecuador	USGS
Mon, 20 Oct 19:33 UTC	M 5.6 / 10 km	SW of San Gabriel, Ecuador	GeoAu

(shakemap: USGS)

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Medellin (599.1 km NE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III)

colubia / Violent shaking (MMI IX) : fuck you

Quito / Moderate shaking (MMI V)

Cotacachi !! Light shaking felt weird. Second time (68.7 km SW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Felt weird, kinda like vertigo. Second time in 6 months !!

Otavalo, Ecuador / Light shaking (MMI IV)

Cotacachi, Ecuador / Light shaking (MMI IV) : we were in Quito during the August earthquake and it we much stronger.

Cotacachi (130.9 km SSW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Spooky but not too scary. Vertigo for a bit afterwards here in Cotacachi.

cotacachi ecuador / Weak shaking (MMI III)

Salinas, Ibarra, Ecuador (42.5 km SW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : A good shake, nothing more. No damage, farm workers outdoors didn't feel it.

Atuntaqui, Ecuador / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Thought my dog was running in his sleep. A plastic cup fell from counter.

Cotacachi (Ecuador, 65 km SW of epicenter) : This felt to be the strongest one I've felt since living in Cotacachi, EC approximately 3 years. (reported through EMSC)

(Ecuador, 55 km SW of epicenter) : Felt earthquake at 2:34 PM in Ibarra, Ecuador. ! north of Quito. Shake lasted approximately 20 seconds. Shook furniture, tv, hanging lights. No visible damage. (reported through EMSC)

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Aftershocks of the 5.7 quake: Colombia-Ecuador Border Region, 20 Oct 2014 19h33

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List of recorded aftershocks, latest first (4 quakes):

29 Oct 2014 14:52 UTC
| M 4.7 |
84 km (52.2 mi) depth
|
23 km (14 mi) distance
| GFZ | Details
21 Oct 2014 17:23 UTC
| M 4.5 |
2.9 km (1.8 mi) depth
|
25 km (16 mi) distance
| USGS | Details
20 Oct 2014 22:24 UTC
| M 4.4 |
2 km (1.2 mi) depth
|
28 km (18 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details
20 Oct 2014 20:28 UTC
| M 4.5 |
2 km (1.2 mi) depth
|
22 km (14 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details

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