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Minor earthquake: M3.02 quake has struck near Puerto Rico region


Earthquake location 17.3068S, -65.8886WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, Puerto Rico region kilometers (0 miles) from Puerto Rico region. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018247004. Unique identifier: pr2018247004. Global time and date of event 04/09/18 / 2018-09-04 14:15:08 / September 4, 2018 @ 2:15 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.02-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:15:08 / 2:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -65.8886 West, latitude 17.3068 North, depth = 23 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23 km (14 miles).

The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Arroyo (c. 7 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Maunabo (c. 2 200 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maunabo, Arroyo (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: Puerto Rico region.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.02 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.8886° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.3068° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Puerto Rico region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-09-04 14:15:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-05 03:37:49 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 140 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6938 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 300 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 pr2018247004 Id of event.
Event Code 2018247004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018247004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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