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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near La Parguera in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on July 3, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.9443S, -67.0035WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico. Event id: pr2020185007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt20185003, us7000ahdr, pr2020185007. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 13:54:50 / 1:54 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/07/20 / 2020-07-03 13:54:50 / July 3, 2020 @ 1:54 pm. Exact location of event, depth 6 km, -67.0035° West, 17.9443° North.

Event epicenter was 103 km (64 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bayamón, Sabana Seca, Aguas Buenas (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and five, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-seven and in the last 365 days two thousand, three hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 5 km SE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.0035° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9443° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km SE of La Parguera, 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 2020-07-03 13:54:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-03 14:39:49 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 213 The total number of felt reports
CDI 6.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.834 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 501 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 ,pt,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0479 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.39 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 224 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwp The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr2020185007 Id of event.
Event Code 2020185007 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt20185003,us7000ahdr,pr2020185007, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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