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Minor earthquake 3.06 mag, 22 km WNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.1566S, -67.385WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Puerto Real in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018037003. Unique identifier: pr2018037003. Exact location of earthquake, -67.385° West, 18.1566° North, depth 19 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/02/18 / 2018-02-06 06:29:11 / February 6, 2018 @ 6:29 am. The temblor was reported at 02:29:11 / 2:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19 km (12 miles).

Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 26 km (16 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arecibo, Utuado, Peñuelas (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and 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.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km WNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.06 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.385° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.1566° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km WNW 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 2018-02-06 06:29:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-06 08:44:02 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 144 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2477 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 281 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 pr2018037003 Id of event.
Event Code 2018037003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018037003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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