Minor earthquake, 3.49 mag has occurred near Indios in Puerto Rico

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.49 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8425 West, latitude 17.9125 North, depth = 8 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/01/20 / 2020-01-12 09:33:24 / January 12, 2020 @ 9:33 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr2020012005. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006ynw, pr2020012005. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). The temblor was detected at 05:33:24 / 5:33 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pájaros, Arroyo, San Antonio (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 27 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-three, in the last 10 days two hundred and eighty-two, in the past 30 days three hundred and thirty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 7 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.49 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-66.8425° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.9125° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7km S 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	2020-01-12 09:33:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-01-12 10:18:18	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	3.8	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	189	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	12	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.2096	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.16 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	214	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pr2020012005	Id of event.
Event Code	2020012005	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70006ynw,pr2020012005,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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