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Minor earthquake: M2.9 quake has struck near Hatillo in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on April 27, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.062S, -66.7711WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: pr2017116005. Event ids that are associated: pr2017116005. Exact location, longitude -66.7711° West, latitude 19.062° North, depth = 47 km. The temblor was picked up at 02:12:34 / 2:12 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47 km (29 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/04/17 / 2017-04-26 06:12:34 / April 26, 2017 @ 6:12 am.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manatí, Barceloneta, Isabela (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop).

Every 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 two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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 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: 63 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.7711° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.062° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 47 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63km N of Hatillo, 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 2017-04-26 06:12:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-04-27 13:07:23 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6328 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 278 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 pr2017116005 Id of event.
Event Code 2017116005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2017116005, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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