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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag was detected near Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on August 7, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.0702S, -66.4315WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 41 km (25 miles). Exact location of event, depth 41 km, -66.4315° West, 19.0702° North. Unique identifier: pr15218029. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15218029. The temblor was reported at 19:50:29 / 7:50 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/08/15 / 2015-08-06 23:50:29 / August 6, 2015 @ 11:50 pm.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hatillo, Sabana Seca, Candelaria Arenas (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days eighty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 67 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.4315° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0702° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, 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 2015-08-06 23:50:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-07 06:05:23 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.59737966 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 280.8 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 pr15218029 Id of event.
Event Code 15218029 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr15218029, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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