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Minor earthquake: M3.4 quake strikes near Rincon in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.3045S, -67.7331WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (mg/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 15:30:53 / 3:30 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 171 km (106 miles). Global time of event 07/04/15 / 2015-04-07 20:30:53 / April 7, 2015 @ 8:30 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -67.7331 West, latitude 18.3045 North, depth 171 km, unique identifier, pr15097003.

Close countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maricao, San Sebastián, Las Marías.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.7331° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.3045° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 171 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51km W 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 2015-04-07 20:30:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-04-07 20:58:58 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 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 178 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.61175271 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 316.8 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 pr15097003 Id of event.
Event Code 15097003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr15097003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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