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Minor earthquake, 3.03 mag strikes near Aguadilla in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.6936S, -67.4451WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017125004. Id of event: pr2017125004. Exact location of earthquake, -67.4451° West, 18.6936° North, depth 9 km. The temblor was reported at 19:01:54 / 7:01 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 05/05/17 / 2017-05-05 23:01:54 / May 5, 2017 @ 11:01 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maricao, Lares, Cabo Rojo. The epicenter was 64 km (39 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 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: 42 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.03 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.4451° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.6936° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42km NW of Aguadilla, 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 2017-05-05 23:01:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-06 22:06:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 141 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.311 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 204 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 pr2017125004 Id of event.
Event Code 2017125004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2017125004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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