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Minor earthquake: M3.39 quake has struck near Isabela in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.0993S, -67.1461WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The 3.39-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:07:22 / 1:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.1461 West, latitude 19.0993 North, depth = 43 km. Event id: pr2019287005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019287005. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/10/19 / 2019-10-14 05:07:22 / October 14, 2019 @ 5:07 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (46 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguada, Moca, Hatillo.

In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eighty-eight, in the past 30 days three hundred and fourty-three and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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 Isabela, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.39 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.1461° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0993° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67km 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 2019-10-14 05:07:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-10-14 05:46:57 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 177 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 0.7886 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.29 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 pr2019287005 Id of event.
Event Code 2019287005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019287005, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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