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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Isabela in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on October 13, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.7178S, -67.026WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/10/15 / 2015-10-13 11:01:39 / October 13, 2015 @ 11:01 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15286001. Unique identifier: pr15286001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59 km (37 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:01:39 / 7:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -67.026° West, 18.7178° North, depth 59 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lajas, Vega Baja, Puerto Real.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 24 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.026° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.7178° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 59 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24km N of Isabela, 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 2015-10-13 11:01:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-10-13 12:10:03 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 3 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.44915764 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 316.8 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 pr15286001 Id of event.
Event Code 15286001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr15286001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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