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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag has occurred near La Parguera in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on July 3, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.915S, -66.996WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -66.996° West, latitude 17.915° North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/07/20 / 2020-07-03 20:49:44 / July 3, 2020 @ 8:49 pm. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:49:44 / 8:49 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pt20185004. Unique identifier: pt20185004.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 104 km (64 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cataño, Caguas, Guaynabo (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days one hundred and nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and one and in the last 365 days two thousand, three hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 8 km SE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.996° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.915° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 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 20:49:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-03 20:55:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 14 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.3 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 456 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 15 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 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt20185004 Id of event.
Event Code 20185004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt20185004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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