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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag strikes near Hatillo in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.8675S, -66.8113WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: pr16184004. Event ids that are associated: pr16184004. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 76 km (47 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -66.8113° West, 18.8675° North, depth 76 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:30:09 / 10:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/07/16 / 2016-07-02 02:30:09 / July 2, 2016 @ 2:30 am UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jayuya, Toa Baja, Rincón (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 42 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.8113° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.8675° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 76 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42km N of Hatillo, 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 2016-07-02 02:30:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-02 04:05:45 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 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 129 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 6 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.52102286 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 280.8 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 pr16184004 Id of event.
Event Code 16184004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16184004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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