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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Isabela in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.157S, -67.154WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:09:46 / 12:09 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 04:09:46 / September 24, 2019 @ 4:09 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.154° West, latitude 19.157° North, depth = 10 km. Event id: pt19267004. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt19267004.

Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Añasco, San Sebastián, Rincón (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 73 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.154° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.157° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73km N of Isabela, 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 2019-09-24 04:09:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-09-24 04:13:15 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 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 326 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pt The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 190.799984736 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt19267004 Id of event.
Event Code 19267004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt19267004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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