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Minor earthquake: M2.86 quake has struck near San Antonio in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.9678S, -67.1368WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019269009. Id of event: pr2019269009. Exact location, longitude -67.1368° West, latitude 18.9678° North, depth = 44 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 44 km (27 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/09/19 / 2019-09-26 12:24:05 / September 26, 2019 @ 12:24 pm. The temblor was detected at 08:24:05 / 8:24 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Añasco, San Sebastián, Rincón (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and eleven, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 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: 52 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.86 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.1368° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9678° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 44 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52km N 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 2019-09-26 12:24:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-09-26 23:06:09 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 126 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.501 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 280 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 pr2019269009 Id of event.
Event Code 2019269009 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019269009, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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