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Minor earthquake, 2.96 mag was detected near Hatillo in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on September 17, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.1176S, -66.827WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 09:34:36 / 9:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.827 West, latitude 19.1176 North, depth = 38 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 38 km (24 miles). Unique identifier: pr2018260008. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018260008. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/09/18 / 2018-09-17 13:34:36 / September 17, 2018 @ 1:34 pm.

Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arecibo, Quebradillas, Isabela (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 69 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.96 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.827° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1176° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69km N of Hatillo, 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 2018-09-17 13:34:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-17 14:34:44 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 135 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 5 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7062 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 316 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 pr2018260008 Id of event.
Event Code 2018260008 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018260008, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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