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Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 48 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.7991S, -67.4221WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019320016. Id of event: pr2019320016. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 111 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 19:46:29 / 7:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.4221 West, latitude 18.7991 North, depth = 111 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/11/19 / 2019-11-16 23:46:29 / November 16, 2019 @ 11:46 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Marías, Mayagüez, Hatillo (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days ninety-four and in the last 365 days eight hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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: 48 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.4221° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.7991° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 111 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48km NW 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 2019-11-16 23:46:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-17 06:07:05 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 129 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 5 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7083 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 205 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 pr2019320016 Id of event.
Event Code 2019320016 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019320016, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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