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Minor earthquake, 3.12 mag strikes near Luquillo in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on June 4, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.929S, -65.4373WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Luquillo in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/06/18 / 2018-06-03 23:34:13 / June 3, 2018 @ 11:34 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 54 km (34 miles). Event id: pr2018154010. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018154010. The temblor was detected at 19:34:13 / 7:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 54 km, -65.4373° West, 18.929° North.

Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Canovanas, Santa Barbara, Ceiba (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Canovanas (c. 8 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Isidro (c. 8 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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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: 68 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.12 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.4373° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.929° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 54 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68km NNE of Luquillo, 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 2018-06-03 23:34:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-04 05:14:11 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 150 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 3 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.888 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 321 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 pr2018154010 Id of event.
Event Code 2018154010 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018154010, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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