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Minor earthquake: M3.16 quake has struck near Isabela in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on May 10, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.6805S, -66.968WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/05/18 / 2018-05-09 07:40:25 / May 9, 2018 @ 7:40 am UTC/GMT. The 3.16-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:40:25 / 3:40 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2018129003. Event ids that are associated: pr2018129003. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 62 km (39 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.968 West, latitude 18.6805 North, depth = 62 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Villalba, Toa Baja, Orocovis (min 5000 pop).

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 eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 20 km NNE of Isabela, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.16 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.968° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.6805° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 62 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km NNE of Isabela, 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 2018-05-09 07:40:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-10 09:06:10 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 154 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2567 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 260 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 pr2018129003 Id of event.
Event Code 2018129003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018129003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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