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Minor earthquake, 2.87 mag has occurred near Arecibo in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on November 16, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.8831S, -66.6968WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Arecibo in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/11/19 / 2019-11-16 08:56:50 / November 16, 2019 @ 8:56 am. The temblor was detected at 04:56:50 / 4:56 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 96 km (60 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019320006. Id of event: pr2019320006. Exact location, longitude -66.6968° West, latitude 18.8831° North, depth = 96 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Candelaria (c. 17 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Marías, Pájaros, Aguada.

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days eighty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 45 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.87 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.6968° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.8831° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45km N of Arecibo, 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 2019-11-16 08:56:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-16 14:30:50 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 6 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5395 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 284 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 pr2019320006 Id of event.
Event Code 2019320006 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019320006, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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