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Minor earthquake: M2.8 quake has struck near Tallaboa in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 17.9103S, -66.723WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 13:18:14 / 1:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.723 West, latitude 17.9103 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 17:18:14 / January 7, 2020 @ 5:18 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: usa0006br5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: usa0006br5.

Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Candelaria, Toa Baja, Campanilla (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been eight hundred and four, in the last 10 days eight hundred and eighty-seven, in the past 30 days eight hundred and ninety-five and in the last 365 days nine hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

Questions or comments?

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: 9 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.723° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9103° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km S of Tallaboa, 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 2020-01-07 17:18:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-30 04:38:51 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 121 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.172 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 210 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID usa0006br5 Id of event.
Event Code a0006br5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,usa0006br5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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