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Minor earthquake 2.97 mag, 6 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 17.939S, -66.9605WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 10:00:20 / 10:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/08/20 / 2020-08-27 10:00:20 / August 27, 2020 @ 10:00 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -66.9605° West, 17.939° North, depth 6 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020240005. Unique identifier: pr2020240005.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aibonito, Coco, Barranquitas. Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days ninety-seven and in the last 365 days two thousand, six hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.97 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.9605° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.939° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 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 2020-08-27 10:00:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-27 11:10:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 136 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.089 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.14 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 pr2020240005 Id of event.
Event Code 2020240005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020240005, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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