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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag strikes near San Antonio in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on March 11, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.9016S, -67.4181WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/03/19 / 2019-03-11 07:01:20 / March 11, 2019 @ 7:01 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:01:20 / 3:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.4181 West, latitude 18.9016 North, depth = 6 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019070006. Id of event: pr2019070006.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Camuy, Añasco, Quebradillas (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 56 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.4181° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9016° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 56km NW of San Antonio, 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 2019-03-11 07:01:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-11 12:14:37 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 121 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 3 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5316 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 334 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 pr2019070006 Id of event.
Event Code 2019070006 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019070006, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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