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Minor earthquake, 2.82 mag strikes near La Luisa in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on December 31, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.4528S, -66.5071WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) strikes 0 kilometers (0 miles) from La Luisa in Puerto Rico on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 88 km (55 miles). The temblor was picked up at 03:45:39 / 3:45 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/12/18 / 2018-12-31 07:45:39 / December 31, 2018 @ 7:45 am. Event id: pr2018365011. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018365011. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.5071 West, latitude 18.4528 North, depth = 88 km.

The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hormigueros, Las Piedras, Lajas (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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: 0 km NE of La Luisa, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.82 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.5071° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4528° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 88 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 0km NE of La Luisa, 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 2018-12-31 07:45:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-31 14:51:13 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.033 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 157 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 pr2018365011 Id of event.
Event Code 2018365011 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018365011, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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