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Minor earthquake, 3.43 mag strikes near La Parguera in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 17.9651S, -67.008WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 04:56:07 / 4:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 6 km, -67.008° West, 17.9651° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/09/20 / 2020-09-10 04:56:07 / September 10, 2020 @ 4:56 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2020254001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000bkvx, pr2020254001.

The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Coco, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km ESE of La Parguera, 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 -67.008° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9651° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km ESE 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 2020-09-10 04:56:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-10 05:25:10 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 13 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.159 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 186 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0365 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 191 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 pr2020254001 Id of event.
Event Code 2020254001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bkvx,pr2020254001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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