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Minor earthquake, 2.86 mag has occurred near Caban in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on June 8, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.503S, -67.206WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Caban in Puerto Rico. The 2.86-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:58:39 / 8:58 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018159009. Unique identifier: pr2018159009. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/06/18 / 2018-06-08 12:58:39 / June 8, 2018 @ 12:58 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 89 km (55 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -67.206 West, latitude 18.503 North, depth = 89 km.

The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manatí, Jayuya, Peñuelas (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 9 km NW of Caban, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.86 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.206° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.503° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 89 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km 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 2018-06-08 12:58:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-08 15:16:41 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 126 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 8 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1012 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 283 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 pr2018159009 Id of event.
Event Code 2018159009 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018159009, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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