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18 March 2023

INFO: Mw 6.7 NEAR COAST OF ECUADOR 20 km NW Balao 18/03/2023 17:12 (UTC)

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European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre

Rapid Determination of Source Parameters
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EMSC HAS RECORDED THE FOLLOWING SEISMIC EVENT
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EARTHQUAKE on 18/03/2023 at 17:12 (UTC)
NEAR COAST OF ECUADOR 20 km NW Balao

MAGNITUDE: Mw 6.7

Data provided by: AUST GFZ IGC KAN MAD MMD NEIC PT PTWC QUI S
C3

Latitude = 2.75 S
Longitude = 79.78 W
Origin Time = 17:12:55.1 (UTC)
Depth = 80 Km
RMS = 1.21 sec
Gap = 52 degrees
95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 5.0 Km
- Semi minor = 2.6 Km
- Azimuth of major axis = 77 degrees

Number of data used = 343

Preliminary location computed on Sat Mar 18 17:29:49 2023 (UTC)
Done by A Trilla

Comments :

Message number: 3430

All magnitudes estimations :
Mw6.8 (AUST) M 6.7 (GFZ) M 6.9 (IGC) Mw6.3 (KAN)
Mw6.6 (MAD) Mw6.6 (MMD) Mw6.7 (NEIC) Mi6.9 (PT) M
w6.9 (PTWC) M 6.5 (QUI) M 6.7 (SC3)

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