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Minor earthquake, 3.15 mag has occurred near Guánica in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on July 3, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.8371S, -66.8785WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 03/07/20 / 2020-07-03 07:28:08 / July 3, 2020 @ 7:28 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8785 West, latitude 17.8371 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2020185002. Event ids that are associated: pr2020185002. The temblor was picked up at 07:28:08 / 7:28 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manatí, Barceloneta, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days one hundred and one, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-two and in the last 365 days two thousand, three hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.15 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.8785° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.8371° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km SSE 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 2020-07-03 07:28:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-03 08:16:46 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 153 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 0.138 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 240 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 pr2020185002 Id of event.
Event Code 2020185002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020185002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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