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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Lucea in Jamaica


Earthquake location 19.2523S, -79.0001WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 124 km NW of Lucea, Jamaica (77 miles) on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -79.0001° West, 19.2523° North. Global time and date of event 28/01/20 / 2020-01-28 20:39:46 / January 28, 2020 @ 8:39 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 15:39:46 / 3:39 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007ig2. Id of event: us60007ig2.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. 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: 124 km NW of Lucea, Jamaica.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -79.0001° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2523° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 124km NW of Lucea, Jamaica Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-01-28 20:39:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-28 21:00:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 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 340 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 ,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 1.723 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us60007ig2 Id of event.
Event Code 60007ig2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60007ig2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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