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Minor earthquake, 2.88 mag has occurred near Aguadilla in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.6905S, -67.4883WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, -67.4883° West, 18.6905° North, depth 74 km. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:40:31 / 4:40 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2018315008. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018315008. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/11/18 / 2018-11-11 08:40:31 / November 11, 2018 @ 8:40 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 74 km (46 miles).

The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cabo Rojo, Puerto Real, Hatillo. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 45 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.88 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.4883° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.6905° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45km NW of Aguadilla, 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 2018-11-11 08:40:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-11 11:59:33 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 128 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 0.4381 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.19 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 pr2018315008 Id of event.
Event Code 2018315008 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018315008, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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