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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near San Antonio in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on January 29, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.9538S, -67.6276WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -67.6276° West, 18.9538° North, depth 7 km. Global time and date of event 29/01/20 / 2020-01-29 14:27:37 / January 29, 2020 @ 2:27 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt20029001, us60007j3c, pr2020029007. Id of event: pr2020029007. The temblor was reported at 09:27:37 / 9:27 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Camuy, San Sebastián, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days one thousand and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 76 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.6276° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9538° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 76km NW of San Antonio, 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 2020-01-29 14:27:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-29 15:04:54 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 91 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.6 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 367 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 ,pt,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 0.5884 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 189 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 pr2020029007 Id of event.
Event Code 2020029007 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt20029001,us60007j3c,pr2020029007, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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