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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near San Antonio in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.97S, -67.173WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 53 kilometers (33 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Friday. Unique identifier: pt19333050. Ids that are associated to the event: pt19333050. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/11/19 / 2019-11-29 15:08:42 / November 29, 2019 @ 3:08 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 11:08:42 / 11:08 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -67.173° West, 18.97° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manatí, Florida, Utuado.

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 53 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.173° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.97° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53km 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 2019-11-29 15:08:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-29 15:22:36 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 312 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 22 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 pt19333050 Id of event.
Event Code 19333050 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt19333050, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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