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Minor earthquake, 3.43 mag has occurred near Guánica in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 17.9645S, -66.9408WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9408 West, latitude 17.9645 North, depth = 9 km. The 3.43-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:55:53 / 12:55 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/06/20 / 2020-06-02 00:55:53 / June 2, 2020 @ 12:55 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr2020154001. Event ids that are associated: us6000a41p, pr2020154001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9 km (6 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cayey, Naranjito, Ceiba (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-two and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.43 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.9408° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9645° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3 km WSW of Guánica, 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 2020-06-02 00:55:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-02 01:57:54 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 182 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 ,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1035 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 187 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 pr2020154001 Id of event.
Event Code 2020154001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a41p,pr2020154001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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