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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Esperanza in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on January 2, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.8715S, -65.6039WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3 km (2 miles). The temblor was detected at 06:40:42 / 6:40 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr17002000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr17002000. Exact location of earthquake, -65.6039° West, 17.8715° North, depth 3 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/01/17 / 2017-01-02 10:40:42 / January 2, 2017 @ 10:40 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Comerío, Aibonito, Guaynabo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 28 km SSW of Esperanza, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.6039° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.8715° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28km SSW of Esperanza, 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 2017-01-02 10:40:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-02 11:50:27 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 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 9 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.35663117 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 237.6 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 pr17002000 Id of event.
Event Code 17002000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr17002000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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