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Minor earthquake, 2.86 mag has occurred near Las Marias in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on November 24, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.2315S, -67.0286WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Las Marias in Puerto Rico on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 03:26:56 / 3:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.0286 West, latitude 18.2315 North, depth = 24 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/11/17 / 2017-11-24 07:26:56 / November 24, 2017 @ 7:26 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24 km (15 miles). Event id: pr2017328002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017328002, us2000btua.

Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barranquitas, Vega Alta, Corozal (min 5000 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 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 4 km SW of Las Marias, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.86 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.0286° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2315° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km SW of Las Marias, 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 2017-11-24 07:26:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-11-24 08:01:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 126 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,us, 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 0.0799 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66 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 pr2017328002 Id of event.
Event Code 2017328002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2017328002,us2000btua, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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