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Minor earthquake, 3.21 mag has occurred near San Antonio in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on December 26, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.0781S, -67.2575WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 24/12/20 / 2020-12-24 23:21:44 / December 24, 2020 @ 11:21 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2575 West, latitude 19.0781 North, depth = 21 km. The temblor was picked up at 23:21:44 / 11:21 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 21 km (13 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020359125. Unique identifier: pr2020359125.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hatillo, Camuy, Aguada (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 66 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.21 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.2575° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0781° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66 km NNW of San Antonio, 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 2020-12-24 23:21:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-26 15:20:34 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 159 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6279 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 287 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 pr2020359125 Id of event.
Event Code 2020359125 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020359125, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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