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Minor earthquake, 2.99 mag has occurred near San Antonio in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on October 3, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.081S, -67.1801WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) strikes 65 kilometers (40 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/10/19 / 2019-10-03 11:29:52 / October 3, 2019 @ 11:29 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 19 km (12 miles). The 2.99-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:29:52 / 7:29 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019276008. Id of event: pr2019276008. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.1801 West, latitude 19.081 North, depth = 19 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguada, Moca, Hatillo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days two hundred and fourty, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 65 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.99 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.1801° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.081° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 65km 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 2019-10-03 11:29:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-10-03 12:29:17 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 138 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6174 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 209 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 pr2019276008 Id of event.
Event Code 2019276008 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019276008, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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