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Minor earthquake, 3.52 mag was detected near Guánica in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 17.919S, -66.9068WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.52 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Id of earthquake: pr2020250015. Event ids that are associated: us7000bj2n, pr2020250015. Exact location of earthquake, -66.9068° West, 17.919° North, depth 9 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:38:46 / 9:38 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/09/20 / 2020-09-06 21:38:46 / September 6, 2020 @ 9:38 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Vega Alta, Naranjito (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 33 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days eighty-eight and in the last 365 days two thousand, six hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 5 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.52 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.9068° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.919° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km S 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 2020-09-06 21:38:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-06 22:14:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 2.952 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 191 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0625 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 217 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 pr2020250015 Id of event.
Event Code 2020250015 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bj2n,pr2020250015, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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