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Minor earthquake: M2.82 quake has struck near San Juan in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on December 23, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.1015S, -66.1461WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) strikes 70 kilometers (43 miles) from San Juan in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/12/18 / 2018-12-23 00:13:19 / December 23, 2018 @ 12:13 am. Event id: pr2018357000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018357000. The 2.82-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:13:19 / 8:13 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact location, longitude -66.1461° West, latitude 19.1015° North, depth = 7 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Candelaria Arenas, Campanilla, Ceiba. Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Cataño (c. 28 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Dorado (c. 13 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Campanilla (c. 7 800 pop).

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

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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 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: 70 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.82 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.1461° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1015° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 70km N of San Juan, 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 2018-12-23 00:13:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-23 04:59:12 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 122 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7327 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 298 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 pr2018357000 Id of event.
Event Code 2018357000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018357000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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