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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Pole Ojea in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 17.4354S, -67.503WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 68 km SSW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico (42 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22 km (14 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:13:39 / 9:13 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr15246000. Event ids that are associated: pr15246000. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.503 West, latitude 17.4354 North, depth = 22 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/09/15 / 2015-09-03 02:13:39 / September 3, 2015 @ 2:13 am.

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km SSW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.503° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.4354° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68km SSW of Pole Ojea, 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 2015-09-03 02:13:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-03 02:41:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.67912635 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 291.6 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 pr15246000 Id of event.
Event Code 15246000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr15246000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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