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Minor earthquake, 3.68 mag was detected near San Antonio in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on August 24, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.967S, -67.197WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.68 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Monday. Id of earthquake: pr2020237005. Event ids that are associated: pr2020237005. The 3.68-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:10:01 / 1:10 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/08/20 / 2020-08-24 13:10:01 / August 24, 2020 @ 1:10 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.197° West, 18.967° North, depth 8 km.

The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Lares (c. 7 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mayagüez, Las Marías, Lares.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one thousand, two hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 53 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.68 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.197° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.967° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53 km N of San Antonio, 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 2020-08-24 13:10:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-24 13:52:24 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 208 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5068 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 233 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 pr2020237005 Id of event.
Event Code 2020237005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020237005, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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