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Light earthquake 4.42 mag, 9 km SSW of Guanica, Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on January 9, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.9583S, -66.9468WA light earthquake magnitude 4.42 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -66.9468° West, latitude 17.9583° North, depth = 5 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.42-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:24:41 / 7:24 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2020009012. Event ids that are associated: us70006ww7, pr2020009012. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 11:24:41 / January 9, 2020 @ 11:24 am.

Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 36 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana Seca, Aguas Buenas, Arroyo (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-three, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 9 km SSW of Guanica, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.42 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.9468° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9583° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km SSW of Guanica, 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 2020-01-09 11:24:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-09 11:54:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 10 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.8 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 303 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 0.0981 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 199 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 pr2020009012 Id of event.
Event Code 2020009012 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006ww7,pr2020009012, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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