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Minor earthquake, 3.03 mag strikes near Indios in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on February 19, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.9553S, -66.821WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) was reported 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The 3.03-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:36:25 / 12:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.821 West, latitude 17.9553 North, depth = 13 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/02/20 / 2020-02-19 04:36:25 / February 19, 2020 @ 4:36 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13 km (8 miles). Unique identifier: pr2020050005. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020050005, us70007svr.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pájaros, San Antonio, Toa Alta (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 23 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days one hundred and two, in the past 30 days five hundred and one and in the last 365 days one thousand, three hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 0 km NW of Indios, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.03 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.821° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9553° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 0km NW of Indios, 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 2020-02-19 04:36:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-19 04:51:21 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 141 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 0.0615 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 205 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 pr2020050005 Id of event.
Event Code 2020050005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020050005,us70007svr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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