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Minor earthquake: M3.43 quake has struck near Guánica in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on June 14, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.9291S, -66.9356WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000abn8, pr2020166012. Id of event: pr2020166012. The temblor was picked up at 12:46:38 / 12:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9356 West, latitude 17.9291 North, depth = 12 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Global time and date of event 14/06/20 / 2020-06-14 12:46:38 / June 14, 2020 @ 12:46 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 35 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Alta, Comerío, Vega Baja (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days fifty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-five and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.43 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.9356° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9291° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km SSW 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 2020-06-14 12:46:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-14 13:22:33 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 2.624 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 181 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0728 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 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 pr2020166012 Id of event.
Event Code 2020166012 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000abn8,pr2020166012, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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