Minor earthquake, 3.48 mag was detected near Puerto Rico region

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.48 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, Puerto Rico region kilometers (0 miles) from Puerto Rico region. The temblor was picked up at 16:31:38 / 4:31 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020247008, us7000bh9c. Id of event: pr2020247008. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/09/20 / 2020-09-03 16:31:38 / September 3, 2020 @ 4:31 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -65.45° West, 18.0033° North, depth 10 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saint Croix, Guaynabo, Cruz Bay. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: Puerto Rico region.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.48 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-65.45° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.0033° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	Puerto Rico region	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-09-03 16:31:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-09-04 02:43:52	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	2.7	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	187	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,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	18	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.4223	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.86 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	332	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	pr2020247008	Id of event.
Event Code	2020247008	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2020247008,us7000bh9c,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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