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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 70 km NNW of Isabela, Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on October 27, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.1269S, -67.1668WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/10/19 / 2019-10-27 13:48:42 / October 27, 2019 @ 1:48 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -67.1668° West, 19.1269° North, depth 9.02 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.02 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 09:48:42 / 9:48 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us600063la. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt19300001, us600063la. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Añasco, San Sebastián, Rincón (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-seven and in the last 365 days seven hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 70 km NNW of Isabela, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.1668° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1269° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.02 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 70km NNW of Isabela, 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 2019-10-27 13:48:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-10-27 14:07:15 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 312 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.884 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.47 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 106 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us600063la Id of event.
Event Code 600063la An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt19300001,us600063la, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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