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Minor earthquake, 3.14 mag has occurred near Potala Pastillo in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on August 6, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.977S, -66.511WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Potala Pastillo in Puerto Rico. The 3.14-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:42:23 / 7:42 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/07/20 / 2020-07-24 07:42:23 / July 24, 2020 @ 7:42 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -66.511° West, 17.977° North. Event id: pr2020206006. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020206006. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).

Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela, Moca, Canovanas (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-five, in the last 10 days eighty, in the past 30 days two hundred and ninety-eight and in the last 365 days two thousand, five hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. 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: 2 km SW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.14 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.511° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.977° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km SW of Potala Pastillo, 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 2020-07-24 07:42:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-06 09:47:49 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 152 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1157 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 179 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 pr2020206006 Id of event.
Event Code 2020206006 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020206006, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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