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Minor earthquake, 2.88 mag has occurred near Hatillo in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.9258S, -66.7688WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.7688 West, latitude 18.9258 North, depth = 53 km. Event id: pr2019012002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019012002. The epicenter was at a depth of 53 km (33 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:52:28 / 9:52 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 12/01/19 / 2019-01-12 01:52:28 / January 12, 2019 @ 1:52 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 51 km (32 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Morovis, Toa Baja, Aguada.

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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 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: 49 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.88 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.7688° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9258° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 53 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49km N of Hatillo, 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 2019-01-12 01:52:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-12 06:07:03 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 128 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 0.8143 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 304 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 pr2019012002 Id of event.
Event Code 2019012002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019012002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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