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Minor earthquake: M2.8 quake has struck near Puerto Rico region

Posted by admin on August 8, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.1334S, -66.397WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, Puerto Rico region kilometers (0 miles) from Puerto Rico region. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/08/16 / 2016-08-08 09:27:07 / August 8, 2016 @ 9:27 am. The temblor was reported at 09:27:07 / 9:27 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr16221008. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16221008. The epicenter was at a depth of 21 km (13 miles). Exact location of event, depth 21 km, -66.397° West, 19.1334° North.

The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Dorado (c. 13 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ceiba (c. 6 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Antonio (c. 6 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Antonio, Vega Baja, Ceiba (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.397° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1334° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21 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 09:27:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-08 09:51:32 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 0.66475331 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 248.4 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 pr16221008 Id of event.
Event Code 16221008 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16221008, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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