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Minor earthquake, 3.25 mag has occurred near Puerto Real in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.1411S, -67.4598WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Puerto Real in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.4598 West, latitude 18.1411 North, depth = 148 km. The temblor was detected at 20:29:36 / 8:29 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018289000. Id of event: pr2018289000. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/10/18 / 2018-10-16 00:29:36 / October 16, 2018 @ 12:29 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 148 km (92 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Utuado, Peñuelas, Adjuntas.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 29 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 3.25 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.4598° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.1411° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 148 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29km 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 2018-10-16 00:29:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-16 05:40:50 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 162 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2441 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 181 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 pr2018289000 Id of event.
Event Code 2018289000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018289000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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