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Minor earthquake, 3.15 mag has occurred near La Parguera in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 17.947S, -67.012WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 16:18:54 / 4:18 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020137004. Id of event: pr2020137004. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/05/20 / 2020-05-16 20:18:54 / May 16, 2020 @ 8:18 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -67.012 West, latitude 17.947 North, depth = 8 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 8 km (5 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coco, Barranquitas, Manatí. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fifty-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and five and in the last 365 days two thousand and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km SE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.15 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.012° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.947° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km SE of La Parguera, 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 2020-05-16 20:18:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-16 21:07:45 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 153 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0393 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 219 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 pr2020137004 Id of event.
Event Code 2020137004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020137004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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