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Minor earthquake: M2.9 quake strikes near Carrizales in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.4617S, -66.8069WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (mg/mb) has striked on Friday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Carrizales in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 10:36:05 / 10:36 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 117 km (73 miles). Global time of event 20/02/15 / 2015-02-20 14:36:05 / February 20, 2015 @ 2:36 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8069 West, latitude 18.4617 North, depth 117 km, unique identifier, pr15051002

Close countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coco, Salinas, Cidra.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.8069° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4617° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 117 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2km SW of Carrizales, 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 2015-02-20 14:36:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-02-20 15:05:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 129 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 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.12396751 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 172.8 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 pr15051002 Id of event.
Event Code 15051002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr15051002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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