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Minor earthquake: M2.93 quake has struck near Hatillo in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on November 25, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.136S, -66.8128WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Unique identifier: pr2017329002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2017329002. Exact location of event, depth 26 km, -66.8128° West, 19.136° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 26 km (16 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/11/17 / 2017-11-25 04:10:52 / November 25, 2017 @ 4:10 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 00:10:52 / 12:10 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Quebradillas, Arecibo, Isabela. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 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 four, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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: 71 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.93 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.8128° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.136° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 26 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71km 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 2017-11-25 04:10:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-11-25 09:02:31 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 132 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 6 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7321 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 287 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 pr2017329002 Id of event.
Event Code 2017329002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2017329002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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