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Minor earthquake, 2.94 mag was detected near Hatillo in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on April 2, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.8705S, -66.7865WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). The temblor was picked up at 23:07:08 / 11:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/04/18 / 2018-04-02 03:07:08 / April 2, 2018 @ 3:07 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018092002. Unique identifier: pr2018092002. Exact location of earthquake, -66.7865° West, 18.8705° North, depth 11 km.

Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Candelaria Arenas, Toa Alta, Corozal (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.94 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.7865° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.8705° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42km 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 2018-04-02 03:07:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-02 05:29:08 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 133 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 0.5175 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 271 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 pr2018092002 Id of event.
Event Code 2018092002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018092002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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