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

Posted by admin on August 3, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.0893S, -66.3498WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Brenas in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 30 km (19 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.3498 West, latitude 19.0893 North, depth = 30 km. Id of earthquake: pr16216007. Event ids that are associated: pr16216007. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/08/16 / 2016-08-03 13:25:53 / August 3, 2016 @ 1:25 pm. The temblor was reported at 09:25:53 / 9:25 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Cataño (c. 28 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cataño, Candelaria Arenas, Sabana Seca.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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: 68 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.3498° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0893° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68km 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 2016-08-03 13:25:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-03 14:27:59 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 9 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.63241396 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 255.6 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 pr16216007 Id of event.
Event Code 16216007 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16216007, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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