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Light earthquake, 4.05 mag has occurred near Guánica in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on October 6, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.9193S, -66.8908WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.05 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The 4.05-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:03:02 / 11:03 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000c68e, pr2020280013. Id of event: pr2020280013. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/10/20 / 2020-10-06 23:03:02 / October 6, 2020 @ 11:03 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8908 West, latitude 17.9193 North, depth = 6 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the event was 31 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Candelaria Arenas, Candelaria, Dorado.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days one hundred and eleven and in the last 365 days two thousand, seven hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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 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: 6 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.05 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.8908° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9193° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km SSE of Guánica, 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 2020-10-06 23:03:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-06 23:31:22 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 11 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.9 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.67 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 258 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 ,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.057 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 203 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 pr2020280013 Id of event.
Event Code 2020280013 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c68e,pr2020280013, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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