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Minor earthquake, 2.84 mag has occurred near Rincon in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on September 18, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.117S, -67.8268WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 00:41:24 / 12:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -67.8268° West, latitude 18.117° North, depth = 64 km. Global time and date of event 18/09/18 / 2018-09-18 05:41:24 / September 18, 2018 @ 5:41 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018261009. Id of event: pr2018261009.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Añasco, Hormigueros, Aguada (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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 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: 65 km WSW of Rincon, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.84 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.8268° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.117° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 64 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 65km WSW of Rincon, 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 2018-09-18 05:41:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-18 08:29:09 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 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 124 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4386 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 206 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 pr2018261009 Id of event.
Event Code 2018261009 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018261009, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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