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Minor earthquake, 3.21 mag was detected near Carrizales in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on July 27, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.5023S, -66.7788WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Carrizales in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/07/18 / 2018-07-27 03:43:59 / July 27, 2018 @ 3:43 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 118 km (73 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018208003. Id of event: pr2018208003. Exact location of earthquake, -66.7788° West, 18.5023° North, depth 118 km. The temblor was picked up at 23:43:59 / 11:43 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cayey, Coco, Salinas.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. 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: 2 km NNE of Carrizales, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.21 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.7788° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.5023° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 118 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2km NNE of Carrizales, 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 2018-07-27 03:43:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-27 08:15:51 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 159 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1576 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 192 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 pr2018208003 Id of event.
Event Code 2018208003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018208003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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