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Minor earthquake, 3.5 mag was detected near Mona Passage


Earthquake location 19.1166S, -67.244WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, Mona Passage kilometers (0 miles) from Mona Passage. The epicenter was at a depth of 23 km (14 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/03/21 / 2021-03-03 11:46:03 / March 3, 2021 @ 11:46 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 11:46:03 / 11:46 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2021062001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000df4j, pr2021062001. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.244 West, latitude 19.1166 North, depth = 23 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hatillo, Aguada, Camuy (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: Mona Passage. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.244° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1166° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Mona Passage Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-03-03 11:46:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-03-03 12:22:53 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 188 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 ,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6626 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 288 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 pr2021062001 Id of event.
Event Code 2021062001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000df4j,pr2021062001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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