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USGS pr2020185017

3 Jul 2020, 21:49

9 km SSE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico

A magnitude 5.3 mwp earthquake at 3 km depth.

Depth3 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 9 km SSE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico?

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17.899500, -67.004800

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

pr2020185017

Coordinates

17.8995, -67.0048

Network

pr

Significance

681