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Minor earthquake, 2.89 mag was detected near Isabela in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on October 5, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.126S, -67.0961WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/10/19 / 2019-10-05 03:44:03 / October 5, 2019 @ 3:44 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -67.0961° West, 19.126° North. Unique identifier: pr2019278003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019278003. The temblor was detected at 23:44:03 / 11:44 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hatillo, Camuy, Quebradillas (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-six and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-four 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 69 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.89 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.0961° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.126° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69km N 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 2019-10-05 03:44:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-10-05 04:43:41 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 128 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 0.6587 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 283 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 pr2019278003 Id of event.
Event Code 2019278003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019278003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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