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Minor earthquake, 3.05 mag has occurred near Indios in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on May 10, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.9261S, -66.8041WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.8041 West, latitude 17.9261 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 10/05/20 / 2020-05-10 13:20:42 / May 10, 2020 @ 1:20 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020131003, us70009dpp. Id of event: pr2020131003. The 3.05-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:20:42 / 9:20 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arroyo, San Antonio, Toa Alta. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days one hundred and eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and seven and in the last 365 days one thousand, nine hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.05 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.8041° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9261° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km SSE 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 2020-05-10 13:20:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-10 14:14:10 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 143 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0897 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 195 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 pr2020131003 Id of event.
Event Code 2020131003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020131003,us70009dpp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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