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Minor earthquake, 3.17 mag has occurred near Brenas in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.844S, -66.3095WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Brenas in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/01/18 / 2018-01-13 09:01:42 / January 13, 2018 @ 9:01 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23 km (14 miles). The 3.17-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:01:42 / 5:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.3095 West, latitude 18.844 North, depth = 23 km. Id of earthquake: pr2018013003. Event ids that are associated: pr2018013003.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Juncos, Aibonito, Quebradillas (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.17 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.3095° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.844° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41km N of Brenas, 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 2018-01-13 09:01:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-13 09:29:18 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 155 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 0.5807 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 274 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 pr2018013003 Id of event.
Event Code 2018013003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018013003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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