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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Penuelas in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on January 7, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.024S, -66.73WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Penuelas in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 09:00:22 / 9:00 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 13:00:22 / January 7, 2020 @ 1:00 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -66.73° West, 18.024° North, depth 5 km. Id of earthquake: pt20007023. Event ids that are associated: pt20007023. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Loíza, San Isidro, Humacao (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 3 km SSW of Penuelas, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.73° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.024° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km SSW of Penuelas, 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 2020-01-07 13:00:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-07 13:08:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 357 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 16 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 147.599988192 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 pt20007023 Id of event.
Event Code 20007023 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt20007023, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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