M 3.9 in Puerto Rico on 29 Sep 2020 13:29 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1237365
Earthquake Magnitude: 3.9M
Depth: 11 Km
Lat/Lon: 17.9475 , -67.0695
Event Date: 29 Sep 2020 13:29 UTC
29 Sep 2020 09:29 Local
Exposed Population: 1730000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 30 Sep 2020 13:34 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
PRICO RS 0 0
pr2020273010 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 26 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Take part in the Great Guam Shakeout earthquake drillMon, 28 Sep 2020 23:22:00 +0200.

Guam will soon take part in the world’s largest earthquake drill, the Great ShakeOut. Guam Homeland Security/Office of Civil Defense says the event is planned for Thursday, October 15, 2020 at exactly 10:15 a.m. (ChST). Participants will pr
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Raro oleaje lleva alarma a SamanáFri, 25 Sep 2020 06:26:00 +0200.

SANTO DOMINGO.- La marejada u oleaje que de forma repentina se presentó en Las Terreras de Samaná, dejando atónitos a los presentes y a la población en general, tiene sus orígenes en un “mar de fondo o técnicamente mar de leva” que ocurre c
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Geólogo atribuye marejada a falta de barreras coralinasFri, 25 Sep 2020 01:54:00 +0200.

SANTO DOMNGO.- La marejada u oleaje que de forma repentina se presentó en Las Terreras de Samaná, dejando atónitos a los presentes y a la población en general, tiene sus orígenes en un “mar de fondo o técnicamente mar de leva” que ocurre cu
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Avalancha de recuerdos de un deslizamiento que casi borra del mapa a L ... Wed, 23 Sep 2020 13:17:00 +0200.

El 24 de diciembre de 1999, los 2.000 residentes del corregimiento La Virginia de Calarcá, que conformaban 450 familias, estuvieron a punto de morir sepultados por la montaña que está al fondo de sus empinadas calles, vecina del parque ecol
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),