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Minor earthquake, 3.35 mag has occurred near Isabela in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.1115S, -67.1943WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.35 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). The temblor was picked up at 02:05:48 / 2:05 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2020045006. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020045006. Exact location, longitude -67.1943° West, latitude 19.1115° North, depth = 8 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/02/20 / 2020-02-14 06:05:48 / February 14, 2020 @ 6:05 am.

Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguada, Moca, Hatillo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days ninety-three and in the last 365 days nine hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km NNW of Isabela, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.35 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.1943° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1115° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69km NNW of Isabela, 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 2020-02-14 06:05:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-14 06:29:55 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 173 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, 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 0.6493 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 285 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 pr2020045006 Id of event.
Event Code 2020045006 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020045006, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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