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Minor earthquake 3.61 mag, 67 km WSW of Rincon, Puerto Rico

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.61 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 149 km (93 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.8433° West, 18.1098° North, depth 149 km. The 3.61-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:54:51 / 2:54 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017172001. Id of event: pr2017172001. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/06/17 / 2017-06-21 07:54:51 / June 21, 2017 @ 7:54 am.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Germán, Moca, Lajas (min 5000 pop).

Every 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 four, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.61 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-67.8433° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.1098° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	149 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	67km WSW of Rincon, 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	2017-06-21 07:54:51	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-06-23 02:03:14	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	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	200	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	20	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.4561	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.32 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	209	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	pr2017172001	Id of event.
Event Code	2017172001	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2017172001,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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