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Minor earthquake, 3.12 mag strikes near Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 17.9158S, -66.8421WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cnn7, pr2020341003. Id of event: pr2020341003. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/12/20 / 2020-12-06 14:05:23 / December 6, 2020 @ 2:05 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8421° West, 17.9158° North, depth 7 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). The 3.12-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:05:23 / 2:05 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Cidra, Guayama (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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 two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days two thousand, eight hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 8 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.12 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.8421° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9158° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km SE of Maria Antonia, 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 2020-12-06 14:05:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-06 14:21:55 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 150 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2091 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 201 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 pr2020341003 Id of event.
Event Code 2020341003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cnn7,pr2020341003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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