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Minor earthquake, 3.17 mag strikes near Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on October 23, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.9608S, -66.8563WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Unique identifier: pr2020297003. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000cbxw, pr2020297003. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8563° West, 17.9608° North, depth 11 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:15:35 / 8:15 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/10/20 / 2020-10-23 08:15:35 / October 23, 2020 @ 8:15 am UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Toa Alta, San Antonio, Guayama (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and two and in the last 365 days two thousand, seven hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 4 km ESE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.17 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.8563° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9608° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km ESE of Maria Antonia, 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 2020-10-23 08:15:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-23 09:36:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 2.727 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 156 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.027 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 184 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 pr2020297003 Id of event.
Event Code 2020297003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000cbxw,pr2020297003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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