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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 5 km W of Fuig, Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 17.991S, -66.968WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Fuig in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:48:08 / 10:48 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pt20014006. Unique identifier: pt20014006. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -66.968° West, 17.991° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 14/01/20 / 2020-01-14 14:48:08 / January 14, 2020 @ 2:48 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguas Buenas, Arroyo, Sabana Seca (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days three hundred and thirty-four, in the past 30 days four hundred and six and in the last 365 days five hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 5 km W of Fuig, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.968° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.991° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km W of Fuig, 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 2020-01-14 14:48:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-14 14:54:51 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 313 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 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 pt20014006 Id of event.
Event Code 20014006 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt20014006, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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