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Minor earthquake 3.38 mag, 98 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.1938S, -65.225WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.38 (ml/mb) was reported 98 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico (61 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -65.225 West, latitude 19.1938 North, depth = 44 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020331010. Unique identifier: pr2020331010. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/11/20 / 2020-11-26 09:03:55 / November 26, 2020 @ 9:03 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 09:03:55 / 9:03 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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: 98 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.38 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.225° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1938° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 44 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 98 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 2020-11-26 09:03:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-26 10:22:11 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 176 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 7 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.2228 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.42 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 329 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 pr2020331010 Id of event.
Event Code 2020331010 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020331010, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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