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Minor earthquake, 3.07 mag was detected near Rincon in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on August 9, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.1953S, -67.877WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) strikes 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -67.877 West, latitude 18.1953 North, depth = 156 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/08/18 / 2018-08-09 05:31:38 / August 9, 2018 @ 5:31 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 156 km (97 miles). The temblor was detected at 00:31:38 / 12:31 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2018221005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018221005.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Añasco, Cabo Rojo, Mayagüez (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 68 km WSW of Rincon, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.07 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.877° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.1953° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 156 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68km WSW of Rincon, 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 2018-08-09 05:31:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-09 08:51:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 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 145 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 6 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7903 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 325 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 pr2018221005 Id of event.
Event Code 2018221005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018221005, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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