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Minor earthquake, 3.04 mag was detected near Loiza in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on November 30, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.8288S, -65.8958WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Loiza in Puerto Rico. The 3.04-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:56:13 / 10:56 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2017334001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017334001. Exact location of event, longitude -65.8958 West, latitude 18.8288 North, depth = 28 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28 km (17 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/11/17 / 2017-11-30 14:56:13 / November 30, 2017 @ 2:56 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cidra, Morovis, Manatí (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 44 km N of Loiza, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.04 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.8958° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.8288° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km 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 2017-11-30 14:56:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-11-30 16:19:43 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 5 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.9843 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 340 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 pr2017334001 Id of event.
Event Code 2017334001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2017334001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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