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Minor earthquake, 2.87 mag has occurred near San Antonio in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.0865S, -67.2215WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/10/19 / 2019-10-01 02:32:43 / October 1, 2019 @ 2:32 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 22:32:43 / 10:32 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20 km (12 miles). Exact location of event, depth 20 km, -67.2215° West, 19.0865° North. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019274001. Unique identifier: pr2019274001.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quebradillas, Aguadilla, Isabela.

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days two hundred and twelve, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 67 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.87 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.2215° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0865° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67km N of San Antonio, 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 2019-10-01 02:32:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-10-01 03:08:37 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 127 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6288 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 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 pr2019274001 Id of event.
Event Code 2019274001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019274001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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