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Minor earthquake 2.82 mag, 65 km N of Suarez, Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on March 27, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.0233S, -65.7933WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) strikes 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Suarez in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/03/18 / 2018-03-27 06:44:41 / March 27, 2018 @ 6:44 am. Exact location, longitude -65.7933° West, latitude 19.0233° North, depth = 30 km. Id of earthquake: pr2018086007. Event ids that are associated: pr2018086007. The temblor was reported at 02:44:41 / 2:44 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Cataño (c. 28 100 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Levittown, Carolina, Cataño (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 65 km N of Suarez, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.82 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.7933° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0233° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 65km N of Suarez, 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 2018-03-27 06:44:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-27 07:59:26 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 122 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 0.883 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 310 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 pr2018086007 Id of event.
Event Code 2018086007 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018086007, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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