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Minor earthquake, 2.82 mag strikes near Brenas in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.9998S, -66.3858WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Brenas in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/05/19 / 2019-05-16 07:50:13 / May 16, 2019 @ 7:50 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 49 km (30 miles). The 2.82-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:50:13 / 3:50 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2019136004. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019136004. Exact location of event, longitude -66.3858 West, latitude 18.9998 North, depth = 49 km.

Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaynabo, Camuy, Morovis (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-eight 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 59 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.82 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.3858° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9998° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 49 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59km N of Brenas, 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 2019-05-16 07:50:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-16 08:03:39 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 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5421 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 276 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 pr2019136004 Id of event.
Event Code 2019136004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019136004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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