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Minor earthquake 2.84 mag, 47 km NNE of Isabela, Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.9198S, -66.9165WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -66.9165° West, 18.9198° North, depth 7 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). The temblor was reported at 01:05:36 / 1:05 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2019207003. Event ids that are associated: pr2019207003. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/07/19 / 2019-07-26 05:05:36 / July 26, 2019 @ 5:05 am.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vega Baja, Utuado, Las Marías. Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 47 km NNE of Isabela, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.84 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.9165° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9198° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47km NNE of Isabela, 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 2019-07-26 05:05:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-26 08:57:45 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 124 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 0.588 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 294 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 pr2019207003 Id of event.
Event Code 2019207003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019207003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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