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Minor earthquake, 2.95 mag has occurred near Isabela in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on January 1, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.1098S, -66.9033WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/01/18 / 2018-01-01 15:40:10 / January 1, 2018 @ 3:40 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 23 km (14 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:40:10 / 11:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.9033 West, latitude 19.1098 North, depth = 23 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018001008. Unique identifier: pr2018001008.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arecibo, Quebradillas, Camuy (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.95 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.9033° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1098° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68km N of Isabela, 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 2018-01-01 15:40:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-01 19:52:43 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 134 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6751 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 297 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 pr2018001008 Id of event.
Event Code 2018001008 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018001008, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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