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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Puerto Real in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.09S, -67.422WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Puerto Real in Puerto Rico on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Event id: pr15307001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15307001. Exact location of earthquake, -67.422° West, 18.09° North, depth 9 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:51:59 / 11:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/11/15 / 2015-11-03 03:51:59 / November 3, 2015 @ 3:51 am.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hatillo, Camuy, Adjuntas (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 24 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.422° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.09° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24km W of Puerto Real, 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 2015-11-03 03:51:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-03 07:53:05 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 121 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.29644404 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 241.2 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 pr15307001 Id of event.
Event Code 15307001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr15307001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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