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Minor earthquake, 3.5 mag has occurred near Brenas in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.1723S, -66.3151WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Brenas in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 12:20:00 / August 5, 2015 @ 12:20 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 08:20:00 / 8:20 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 104 km (65 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.3151 West, latitude 19.1723 North, depth = 104 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15217015. Unique identifier: pr15217015.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Dorado (c. 13 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ceiba (c. 6 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barceloneta, Ingenio, Levittown (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 78 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.3151° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1723° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 104 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 78km N of Brenas, 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 2015-08-05 12:20:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-05 13:27:23 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 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 188 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 5 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.71955054 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 295.2 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 pr15217015 Id of event.
Event Code 15217015 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr15217015, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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