Minor earthquake, 2.83 mag has occurred near Arecibo in Puerto Rico

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Arecibo in Puerto Rico. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:17:20 / 7:17 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/12/19 / 2019-12-21 11:17:20 / December 21, 2019 @ 11:17 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019355017. Unique identifier: pr2019355017. Exact location of event, depth 29 km, -66.6205° West, 19.0741° North.

Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Antonio, Isabela, Ceiba (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fifty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-eight and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 67 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.83 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-66.6205° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.0741° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	29 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	67km 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	2019-12-21 11:17:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-12-21 17:29:31	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	123	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	4	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.7396	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.25 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	317	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	pr2019355017	Id of event.
Event Code	2019355017	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2019355017,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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