Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Palomas in Puerto Rico

A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Palomas in Puerto Rico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: pt20180052. Event ids that are associated: pt20180052. The temblor was picked up at 22:48:50 / 10:48 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.4 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/06/20 / 2020-06-28 22:48:50 / June 28, 2020 @ 10:48 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -66.886° West, 18.012° North, depth 5.4 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 97 km (60 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Trujillo Alto, Gurabo, San Lorenzo.

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days seventy-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-three and in the last 365 days two thousand, three hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-66.886° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.012° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.4 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	1 km W of Palomas, 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	2020-06-28 22:48:50	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-06-28 22:54:19	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	7	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.9	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	373	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pt	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	14	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	183.599985312	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pt20180052	Id of event.
Event Code	20180052	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt20180052,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.9 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-66.886° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

18.012° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

5.4 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

1 km W of Palomas, 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

2020-06-28 22:48:50

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-06-28 22:54:19

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

4.9

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

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

373

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,pt,

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

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

183.599985312

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

pt20180052

Id of event.

Event Code

20180052

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,pt20180052,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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