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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag strikes near Vieques in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on October 8, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.8658S, -65.6705WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Vieques in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 08/10/16 / 2016-10-08 12:54:34 / October 8, 2016 @ 12:54 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31 km (19 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:54:34 / 8:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.6705 West, latitude 18.8658 North, depth = 31 km. Unique identifier: pr16282008. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16282008.

Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Candelaria, Candelaria Arenas, Juncos (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 51 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.6705° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.8658° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51km NNE of Vieques, 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 2016-10-08 12:54:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-08 17:12:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 5 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.61534597 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 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 pr16282008 Id of event.
Event Code 16282008 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16282008, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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