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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Esperanza in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 17.8146S, -65.3319WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us60006a0u. Event ids that are associated: pt19314050, us60006a0u. Exact location, longitude -65.3319° West, latitude 17.8146° North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/11/19 / 2019-11-10 18:29:45 / November 10, 2019 @ 6:29 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 14:29:45 / 2:29 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Humacao (c. 20 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Loíza, Santa Barbara, Caguas.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km SSE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.3319° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.8146° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km SSE of Esperanza, 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 2019-11-10 18:29:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-10 18:41:22 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 246 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.59 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 167 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 us60006a0u Id of event.
Event Code 60006a0u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt19314050,us60006a0u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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