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


Earthquake location 18.4718S, -67.1716WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Caban in Puerto Rico on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018124005. Unique identifier: pr2018124005. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:55:53 / 2:55 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/05/18 / 2018-05-04 06:55:53 / May 4, 2018 @ 6:55 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 96 km (60 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.1716 West, latitude 18.4718 North, depth = 96 km.

Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ponce, Ciales, Manatí (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 4 km NW of Caban, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.94 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.1716° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4718° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km NW of Caban, 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 2018-05-04 06:55:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-04 08:09:59 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 0.0606 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 277 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 pr2018124005 Id of event.
Event Code 2018124005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018124005, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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