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Light earthquake, 4.03 mag has occurred near Guanica in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 17.9061S, -66.8646WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.03 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Unique identifier: pr2020032020. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007m2j, pr2020032020. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8646 West, latitude 17.9061 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/02/20 / 2020-02-01 10:05:48 / February 1, 2020 @ 10:05 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.03-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:05:48 / 6:05 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ingenio, Aguas Buenas, Candelaria Arenas (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-eight, in the past 30 days nine hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days one thousand and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km SE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.03 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.8646° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9061° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km SE 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 2020-02-01 10:05:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-01 10:28:51 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 23 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.6 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.421 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 260 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0705 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 218 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 pr2020032020 Id of event.
Event Code 2020032020 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60007m2j,pr2020032020, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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