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Minor earthquake 3.1 mag, 66 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.0866S, -67.1975WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 66 kilometers (41 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 18:24:51 / 6:24 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000991d. Event ids that are associated: us7000991d. Exact location of event, depth 32.91 km, -67.1975° West, 19.0866° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.91 km (20 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/05/20 / 2020-05-02 22:24:51 / May 2, 2020 @ 10:24 pm UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguada, Moca, Hatillo.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days one thousand and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.1975° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0866° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32.91 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66km N of San Antonio, 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 2020-05-02 22:24:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-02 22:31:46 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 148 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 0.621 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 196 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 us7000991d Id of event.
Event Code 7000991d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000991d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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