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Minor earthquake, 3.44 mag was detected near Luquillo in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.522S, -65.6213WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Luquillo in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Exact location, longitude -65.6213° West, latitude 18.522° North, depth = 84 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 84 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr2020125003. Event ids that are associated: us700099jf, pr2020125003. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/05/20 / 2020-05-04 00:22:00 / May 4, 2020 @ 12:22 am UTC/GMT. The 3.44-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:22:00 / 8:22 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Barranquitas, Vega Baja, Aibonito (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km N of Luquillo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.44 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.6213° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.522° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 84 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km N of Luquillo, 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 2020-05-04 00:22:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-04 15:20:39 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 182 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4009 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 214 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 pr2020125003 Id of event.
Event Code 2020125003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700099jf,pr2020125003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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