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Minor earthquake: M3.15 quake has struck near Indios in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 17.9691S, -66.8336WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/10/20 / 2020-10-22 22:37:31 / October 22, 2020 @ 10:37 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 22:37:31 / 10:37 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020296007. Unique identifier: pr2020296007. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -66.8336° West, 17.9691° North, depth 11 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Toa Baja, Pájaros, Toa Alta (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days one hundred and eight and in the last 365 days two thousand, seven hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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 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: 3 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.15 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.8336° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9691° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3 km SSW of Indios, 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 2020-10-22 22:37:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-22 22:51:57 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 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.046 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 181 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 pr2020296007 Id of event.
Event Code 2020296007 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020296007, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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