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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag was detected near Isabela in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.0656S, -67.1473WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico on Friday. Global time and date of event 27/09/19 / 2019-09-27 06:08:20 / September 27, 2019 @ 6:08 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 75 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -67.1473 West, latitude 19.0656 North, depth = 75 km. Event id: pr2019270002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019270002. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:08:20 / 2:08 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguada, Moca, Hatillo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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 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: 63 km NNW of Isabela, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.1473° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0656° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 75 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63km NNW 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 2019-09-27 06:08:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-09-27 07:00:58 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 129 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5992 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 218 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 pr2019270002 Id of event.
Event Code 2019270002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019270002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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