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Minor earthquake, 3.35 mag strikes near Guánica in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 17.942S, -66.9481WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.35 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9481 West, latitude 17.942 North, depth = 12 km. Event id: pr2020165009. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020165009. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/06/20 / 2020-06-13 09:55:55 / June 13, 2020 @ 9:55 am. The temblor was picked up at 09:55:55 / 9:55 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Baja, Corozal, Aibonito (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-six and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 5 km SW of Guánica, 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 -66.9481° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.942° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km SW of Guánica, 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 2020-06-13 09:55:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-13 10:23:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0764 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.22 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 pr2020165009 Id of event.
Event Code 2020165009 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020165009, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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