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Minor earthquake, 3.04 mag strikes near Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.1446S, -66.4476WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -66.4476° West, latitude 19.1446° North, depth = 21 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:38:57 / 4:38 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 21 km (13 miles). Unique identifier: pr2018174003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018174003. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/06/18 / 2018-06-23 08:38:57 / June 23, 2018 @ 8:38 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Dorado (c. 13 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Ceiba (c. 6 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dorado, Ceiba, Vega Baja (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 75 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.04 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.4476° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1446° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, 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 2018-06-23 08:38:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-23 08:59:28 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 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6725 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 286 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 pr2018174003 Id of event.
Event Code 2018174003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018174003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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