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


Earthquake location 19.1168S, -67.0021WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:26:48 / 3:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.0021 West, latitude 19.1168 North, depth = 78 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 78 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr2019305005. Event ids that are associated: pr2019305005. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/11/19 / 2019-11-01 19:26:48 / November 1, 2019 @ 7:26 pm UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hatillo, Camuy, Quebradillas (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-seven and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 68 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.88 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.0021° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1168° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 78 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68km N 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 2019-11-01 19:26:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-02 00:39:12 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 5 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.8091 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 259 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 pr2019305005 Id of event.
Event Code 2019305005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019305005, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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