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Minor earthquake, 3.29 mag strikes near Isabela in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.6376S, -67.0578WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 125 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico (78 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/12/20 / 2020-12-19 16:34:46 / December 19, 2020 @ 4:34 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2020354025. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020354025. The temblor was reported at 16:34:46 / 4:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.0578 West, latitude 19.6376 North, depth = 10 km.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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: 125 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.29 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.0578° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.6376° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 125 km N of Isabela, 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 2020-12-19 16:34:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-19 17:24:41 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 167 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 1.1713 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 273 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 pr2020354025 Id of event.
Event Code 2020354025 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020354025, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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