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Minor earthquake, 2.83 mag was detected near San Antonio in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on April 30, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.9656S, -67.4076WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/04/18 / 2018-04-30 14:08:34 / April 30, 2018 @ 2:08 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -67.4076 West, latitude 18.9656 North, depth = 12 km. Event id: pr2018120011. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018120011. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:08:34 / 10:08 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quebradillas, Rincón, Moca. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 61 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.83 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.4076° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9656° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61km NNW of San Antonio, 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 2018-04-30 14:08:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-30 15:26:38 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 123 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 4 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5796 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 331 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 pr2018120011 Id of event.
Event Code 2018120011 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018120011, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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