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Minor earthquake, 3.13 mag has occurred near Arecibo in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.153S, -66.606WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Arecibo in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019329001. Id of event: pr2019329001. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.606 West, latitude 19.153 North, depth = 45 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/11/19 / 2019-11-25 01:44:31 / November 25, 2019 @ 1:44 am. The temblor was detected at 21:44:31 / 9:44 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Camuy, Barceloneta, Hatillo (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and seven and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 76 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.13 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.606° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.153° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 76km 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 2019-11-25 01:44:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-25 04:48:15 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 151 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6802 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 298 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 pr2019329001 Id of event.
Event Code 2019329001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019329001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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