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Minor earthquake, 2.97 mag has occurred near Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.8758S, -66.5601WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 32 km (20 miles). The 2.97-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:05:10 / 11:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.5601 West, latitude 18.8758 North, depth = 32 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/11/18 / 2018-11-18 03:05:10 / November 18, 2018 @ 3:05 am. Id of earthquake: pr2018322002. Event ids that are associated: pr2018322002.

Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Sebastián, Guaynabo, Orocovis (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 46 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.97 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.5601° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.8758° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, 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 2018-11-18 03:05:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-18 07:43:52 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 136 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 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3999 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 256 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 pr2018322002 Id of event.
Event Code 2018322002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018322002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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