Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Earthquake breaking news, Light World Earthquakes Magnitude 4-4.9

Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 57 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.011S, -67.154WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Event id: pt19269050. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt19269050. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/09/19 / 2019-09-26 02:12:39 / September 26, 2019 @ 2:12 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:12:39 / 10:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 17.5 km, -67.154° West, 19.011° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.5 km (11 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hormigueros, Utuado, Florida.

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eighty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

Did you feel anything?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 57 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.

Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.


More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.154° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.011° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-09-26 02:12:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-09-26 02:16:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 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 326 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pt The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt19269050 Id of event.
Event Code 19269050 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt19269050, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Leave a Reply