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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag strikes near Pole Ojea in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 17.5694S, -67.6847WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (mg/mb) has occurred on Monday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Pole Ojea in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 04:25:36 / 4:25 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 21 km (13 miles). Global time of event 25/05/15 / 2015-05-25 09:25:36 / May 25, 2015 @ 9:25 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -67.6847 West, latitude 17.5694 North, depth 21 km, unique identifier, pr15145006. Ids that are associated to the event, ,pr15145006,.

Close countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Real.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.6847° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.5694° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69km SW of Pole Ojea, 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 2015-05-25 09:25:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-05-25 15:41:56 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 8 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.55605716 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 259.2 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 pr15145006 Id of event.
Event Code 15145006 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr15145006, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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