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Minor earthquake: M2.83 quake has struck near Rincon in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.3266S, -67.3941WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 82 km (51 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.3941 West, latitude 18.3266 North, depth = 82 km. The temblor was detected at 05:17:15 / 5:17 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018332004. Id of event: pr2018332004. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/11/18 / 2018-11-28 09:17:15 / November 28, 2018 @ 9:17 am.

Event epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 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 Peñuelas, Utuado, Arecibo.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km W of Rincon, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.83 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.3941° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.3266° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 82 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km W 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 2018-11-28 09:17:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-28 11:44:33 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 0.1029 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 167 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 pr2018332004 Id of event.
Event Code 2018332004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018332004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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