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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Esperanza in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on January 24, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.8746S, -65.189WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 08:24:34 / 8:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -65.189° West, 17.8746° North, depth 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/01/20 / 2020-01-24 12:24:34 / January 24, 2020 @ 12:24 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007emw. Id of event: us60007emw. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Humacao (c. 20 400 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maunabo, Yabucoa, Humacao (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 38 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.189° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.8746° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38km SE of Esperanza, 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 2020-01-24 12:24:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-24 14:31:11 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 us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.682 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 338 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 us60007emw Id of event.
Event Code 60007emw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60007emw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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