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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag was detected near Jamaica region

Posted by admin on July 13, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.4298S, -77.6348WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, Jamaica region kilometers (0 miles) from Jamaica region. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:02:06 / 2:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/07/20 / 2020-07-13 14:02:06 / July 13, 2020 @ 2:02 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -77.6348 West, latitude 18.4298 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000amyq. Unique identifier: us7000amyq.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bog Walk, Hayes, Linstead. Country/countries that might be effected, Jamaica (c. 2 847 000 pop). Event epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Montego Bay (c. 82 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mandeville (c. 47 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from May Pen (c. 44 800 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Linstead (c. 20 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Savanna-la-Mar (c. 16 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: Jamaica region.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -77.6348° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4298° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Jamaica region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-13 14:02:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-13 21:16:10 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 130 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, 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 0.223 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 157 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb_lg The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000amyq Id of event.
Event Code 7000amyq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000amyq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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