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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag strikes near Garrochales in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on June 19, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.6646S, -66.6075WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (mg/mb) was reported Friday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Garrochales in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 02:05:17 / 2:05 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 27 km (17 miles). Global time of event 19/06/15 / 2015-06-19 06:05:17 / June 19, 2015 @ 6:05 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -66.6075 West, latitude 18.6646 North, depth 27 km, unique identifier, pr15170000. Ids that are associated to the event, ,pr15170000,.

Close countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cayey, Rincón, Mayagüez.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.6075° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.6646° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23km N of Garrochales, 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 2015-06-19 06:05:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-06-19 06:38:26 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 121 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 6 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.34495307 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 273.6 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 pr15170000 Id of event.
Event Code 15170000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr15170000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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