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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag strikes near Loiza in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.5995S, -65.7642WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 129 km N of Loiza, Puerto Rico (80 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 95 km (59 miles). Global time and date of event 26/08/15 / 2015-08-26 07:24:36 / August 26, 2015 @ 7:24 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15238005. Unique identifier: pr15238005. Exact location of event, depth 95 km, -65.7642° West, 19.5995° North. The temblor was reported at 03:24:36 / 3:24 am (local time epicenter).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 129 km N of Loiza, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.7642° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.5995° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 95 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 129km N of Loiza, 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 2015-08-26 07:24:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-26 11:27:30 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 158 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 1.32321841 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 327.6 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 pr15238005 Id of event.
Event Code 15238005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr15238005, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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