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Light earthquake 4 mag, 91 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on March 6, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.127S, -65.249WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 91 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico (57 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -65.249 West, latitude 19.127 North, depth = 33 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33 km (21 miles). Id of earthquake: pt18065001. Event ids that are associated: pt18065001. The temblor was picked up at 13:54:31 / 1:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/03/18 / 2018-03-06 17:54:31 / March 6, 2018 @ 5:54 pm.

In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 91 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.249° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.127° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 91km N of Culebra, 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 2018-03-06 17:54:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-06 17:58:43 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 246 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pt The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt18065001 Id of event.
Event Code 18065001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt18065001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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