Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Esperanza in Puerto Rico

A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us60006a0u. Event ids that are associated: pt19314050, us60006a0u. Exact location, longitude -65.3319° West, latitude 17.8146° North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/11/19 / 2019-11-10 18:29:45 / November 10, 2019 @ 6:29 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 14:29:45 / 2:29 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Humacao (c. 20 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Loíza, Santa Barbara, Caguas.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km SSE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-65.3319° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.8146° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	34km SSE of Esperanza, 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	2019-11-10 18:29:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-11-10 18:41:22	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	2	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	246	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	0.59	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.43 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	167	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	us60006a0u	Id of event.
Event Code	60006a0u	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt19314050,us60006a0u,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-65.3319° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

17.8146° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

34km SSE of Esperanza, 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

2019-11-10 18:29:45

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-11-10 18:41:22

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

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

246

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.59

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.43 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

167

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us60006a0u

Id of event.

Event Code

60006a0u

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,pt19314050,us60006a0u,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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