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Minor earthquake: M2.91 quake has struck near Guanica in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on May 18, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.9233S, -66.9291WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2020137007. Event ids that are associated: pr2020137007. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/05/20 / 2020-05-16 09:55:37 / May 16, 2020 @ 9:55 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 05:55:37 / 5:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.9291 West, latitude 17.9233 North, depth = 9 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 35 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Manatí, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days sixty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and eleven and in the last 365 days two thousand and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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 SSW of Guanica, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.91 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.9291° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9233° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km SSW 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 2020-05-16 09:55:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-18 00:42:14 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 130 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0719 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 216 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 pr2020137007 Id of event.
Event Code 2020137007 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020137007, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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