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Minor earthquake 3.04 mag, 54 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.9745S, -66.7938WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 21:36:12 / 9:36 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/08/17 / 2017-08-18 01:36:12 / August 18, 2017 @ 1:36 am. Exact location, longitude -66.7938° West, latitude 18.9745° North, depth = 54 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 54 km (34 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017230001. Id of event: pr2017230001.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ciales, Aguada, San Antonio (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 54 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.04 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.7938° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9745° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 54 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54km N of Hatillo, 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 2017-08-18 01:36:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-08-18 02:40:28 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 142 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5981 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 239 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 pr2017230001 Id of event.
Event Code 2017230001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2017230001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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