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Minor earthquake, 3.9 mag has occurred near Isabela in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.1298S, -67.3155WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:48:46 / 9:48 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/10/19 / 2019-10-27 13:48:46 / October 27, 2019 @ 1:48 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr2019300015. Event ids that are associated: pt19300001, us600063la, pr2019300015. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27 km (17 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -67.3155 West, latitude 19.1298 North, depth = 27 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hatillo, Rincón, Camuy (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 72 km NNW of Isabela, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.3155° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1298° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72km NNW of Isabela, 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 2019-10-27 13:48:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-10-27 16:03:45 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 236 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 ,pt,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6931 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 208 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr2019300015 Id of event.
Event Code 2019300015 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt19300001,us600063la,pr2019300015, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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