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Minor earthquake: M3.48 quake has struck near Culebra in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on November 14, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.961S, -65.1986WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.48 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 19:41:50 / 7:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -65.1986° West, latitude 18.961° North, depth = 29 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/11/20 / 2020-11-14 19:41:50 / November 14, 2020 @ 7:41 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29 km (18 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020319009. Unique identifier: pr2020319009.

Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie, Culebra (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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 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: 73 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.48 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.1986° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.961° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73 km N of Culebra, 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 2020-11-14 19:41:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-14 20:08:59 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 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 ,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.0456 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 322 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 pr2020319009 Id of event.
Event Code 2020319009 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020319009, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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