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Minor earthquake: M2.87 quake has struck near Indios in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.006S, -66.841WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Unique identifier: pr2020020055. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020020055. Exact location of event, depth 13 km, -66.841° West, 18.006° North. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:35:01 / 2:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/01/20 / 2020-01-20 18:35:01 / January 20, 2020 @ 6:35 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pájaros, Guayama, Toa Alta (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-nine, in the last 10 days four hundred and ninety-six, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fifty-four and in the last 365 days eight hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. 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: 2 km WNW of Indios, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.87 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.841° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.006° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2km WNW of Indios, 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 2020-01-20 18:35:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-24 21:48:47 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 2.7 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 127 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0491 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 150 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 pr2020020055 Id of event.
Event Code 2020020055 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020020055, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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