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Minor earthquake, 3.21 mag was detected near Arecibo in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on December 11, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.1461S, -66.6221WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Arecibo in Puerto Rico. The 3.21-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:50:28 / 8:50 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19 km (12 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.6221 West, latitude 19.1461 North, depth = 19 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020346018. Unique identifier: pr2020346018. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/12/20 / 2020-12-11 20:50:28 / December 11, 2020 @ 8:50 pm.

Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Barceloneta, Camuy, Hatillo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop).

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

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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 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: 75 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.21 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.6221° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1461° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75 km N of Arecibo, 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 2020-12-11 20:50:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-11 21:40:23 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 159 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.8103 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 288 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 pr2020346018 Id of event.
Event Code 2020346018 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020346018, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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