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Minor earthquake, 2.92 mag has occurred near Hatillo in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on July 29, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.0705S, -66.8045WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8045 West, latitude 19.0705 North, depth = 14 km. The temblor was reported at 05:08:15 / 5:08 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 29/07/17 / 2017-07-29 09:08:15 / July 29, 2017 @ 9:08 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr2017210011. Event ids that are associated: pr2017210011.

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 Manatí, Barceloneta, Quebradillas. Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 64 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.92 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.8045° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0705° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64km 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 2017-07-29 09:08:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-07-29 14:31:32 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 131 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6765 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 264 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 pr2017210011 Id of event.
Event Code 2017210011 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2017210011, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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