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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Guanica in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on January 22, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.9673S, -66.9366WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: pr2020022003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020022003, us60007cqd. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9366 West, latitude 17.9673 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:37:09 / 5:37 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/01/20 / 2020-01-22 09:37:09 / January 22, 2020 @ 9:37 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 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), 87 km (54 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arroyo, Ingenio, Candelaria Arenas (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days three hundred and fourty-two, in the past 30 days six hundred and eighty-eight and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 3 km SW of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.9366° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9673° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km SW 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 2020-01-22 09:37:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-22 09:55:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 271 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 ,pr,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0579 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.12 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 pr2020022003 Id of event.
Event Code 2020022003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020022003,us60007cqd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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