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Minor earthquake, 3.04 mag strikes near Aguadilla in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.8273S, -67.6671WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) strikes 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -67.6671 West, latitude 18.8273 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 02/02/20 / 2020-02-02 12:40:07 / February 2, 2020 @ 12:40 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr2020033044. Event ids that are associated: pr2020033044. The temblor was reported at 07:40:07 / 7:40 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela, Moca, Aguada (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days seventy-five, in the past 30 days eighty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 69 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.04 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.6671° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.8273° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69km NW of Aguadilla, 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 2020-02-02 12:40:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-03 03:12:23 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 142 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4811 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 179 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 pr2020033044 Id of event.
Event Code 2020033044 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020033044, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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