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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Buff Bay in Jamaica

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A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Buff Bay in Jamaica. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -76.6816° West, 18.3071° North, depth 10 km. Id of earthquake: us6000abld. Event ids that are associated: us6000abld. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/06/20 / 2020-06-14 07:52:52 / June 14, 2020 @ 7:52 am. The temblor was detected at 07:52:52 / 7:52 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Jamaica (c. 2 847 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 36 km (23 miles) from Kingston (c. 937 700 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from New Kingston (c. 584 000 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Spanish Town (c. 145 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Portmore (c. 102 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from May Pen (c. 44 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Old Harbour (c. 26 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Porus, Lionel Town, Hayes.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km NNW of Buff Bay, Jamaica. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-76.6816° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.3071° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8 km NNW of Buff Bay, Jamaica	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-06-14 07:52:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-06-14 08:22:30	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	8	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.3	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	250	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.814	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.51 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	131	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000abld	Id of event.
Event Code	6000abld	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000abld,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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