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Minor earthquake, 3.42 mag was detected near Esperanza in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on July 13, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.8865S, -65.589WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico on Monday. Global time and date of event 13/07/20 / 2020-07-13 22:23:28 / July 13, 2020 @ 10:23 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -65.589 West, latitude 17.8865 North, depth = 5 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020195005. Unique identifier: pr2020195005. The 3.42-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:23:28 / 10:23 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 83 km (51 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cataño, Naranjito, Barranquitas.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 26 km SSW of Esperanza, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.42 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.589° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.8865° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26 km SSW of Esperanza, 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 2020-07-13 22:23:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-13 23:52:41 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 180 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3645 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 318 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 pr2020195005 Id of event.
Event Code 2020195005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020195005, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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