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Minor earthquake, 2.84 mag has occurred near Luquillo in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on December 6, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.6893S, -65.5311WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Luquillo in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 00:12:37 / 12:12 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2019340000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019340000. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.5311 West, latitude 18.6893 North, depth = 57 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/12/19 / 2019-12-06 04:12:37 / December 6, 2019 @ 4:12 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (41 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguas Buenas, Sabana Seca, Caguas.

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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: 40 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.84 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.5311° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.6893° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 57 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40km NNE of Luquillo, 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 2019-12-06 04:12:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-06 11:33:43 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 124 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 8 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6328 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 316 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 pr2019340000 Id of event.
Event Code 2019340000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019340000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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