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Minor earthquake: M3.1 quake has struck near Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on December 1, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.198S, -66.5361WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 81 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico (50 miles). Exact location of event, depth 18 km, -66.5361° West, 19.198° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:40:36 / 4:40 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/12/19 / 2019-12-01 08:40:36 / December 1, 2019 @ 8:40 am. Event id: pr2019335005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019335005.

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fifty, in the past 30 days one hundred and five and in the last 365 days six hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 81 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.5361° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.198° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, 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 2019-12-01 08:40:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-01 09:19:34 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 148 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7209 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 242 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 pr2019335005 Id of event.
Event Code 2019335005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019335005, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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