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Minor earthquake, 3.7 mag strikes near Indios in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 17.9433S, -66.827WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 05:18:54 / 5:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.827 West, latitude 17.9433 North, depth = 5 km. Id of earthquake: pr2020007013. Event ids that are associated: us70006vn2, pr2020007013. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 09:18:54 / January 7, 2020 @ 9:18 am UTC/GMT.

The epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana Seca, Patillas, Ingenio (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.827° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9433° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km SSE of Indios, 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 09:18:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-07 14:55:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 6.1 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 214 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pr The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2188 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 203 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 pr2020007013 Id of event.
Event Code 2020007013 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006vn2,pr2020007013, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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