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Minor earthquake 2.93 mag, 20 km WSW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 17.9245S, -67.3733WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Pole Ojea in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 147 km (91 miles). The temblor was detected at 15:26:52 / 3:26 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 03/11/18 / 2018-11-03 19:26:52 / November 3, 2018 @ 7:26 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr2018307007. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018307007. Exact location of event, depth 147 km, -67.3733° West, 17.9245° North.

The epicenter was 39 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quebradillas, Isabela, Adjuntas. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 20 km WSW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.93 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.3733° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9245° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 147 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km WSW of Pole Ojea, 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 2018-11-03 19:26:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-03 22:56:25 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 132 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 0.2761 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 322 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 pr2018307007 Id of event.
Event Code 2018307007 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018307007, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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