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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag strikes near Puerto Rico region

Posted by admin on August 8, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.7544S, -67.4671WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, Puerto Rico region kilometers (0 miles) from Puerto Rico region. The temblor was reported at 09:28:22 / 9:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/08/16 / 2016-08-08 09:28:22 / August 8, 2016 @ 9:28 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16221009. Id of event: pr16221009. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.4671 West, latitude 18.7544 North, depth = 9 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 9 km (6 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hormigueros, Las Marías, Hatillo (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.4671° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.7544° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Puerto Rico region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-08-08 09:28:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-08 10:13:53 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 121 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.36830927 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 205.2 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 pr16221009 Id of event.
Event Code 16221009 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16221009, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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