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Minor earthquake, 2.92 mag has occurred near Arecibo in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.0643S, -66.5571WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Arecibo in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/10/18 / 2018-10-13 19:07:33 / October 13, 2018 @ 7:07 pm. Exact location of event, depth 33 km, -66.5571° West, 19.0643° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33 km (21 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018286007. Id of event: pr2018286007. The 2.92-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:07:33 / 3:07 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Dorado (c. 13 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Florida, Estancias de Florida, Ingenio (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-nine 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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 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: 67 km NNE of Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.92 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.5571° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0643° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67km NNE of Arecibo, 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 2018-10-13 19:07:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-14 01:19:47 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 131 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 0.5878 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 291 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 pr2018286007 Id of event.
Event Code 2018286007 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018286007, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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