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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag was detected near Rincon in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on July 6, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.1805S, -67.8732WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 06:38:10 / 6:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/16 / 2016-07-06 11:38:10 / July 6, 2016 @ 11:38 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 120 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -67.8732° West, 18.1805° North, depth 120 km. Id of earthquake: pr16188009. Event ids that are associated: pr16188009.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hormigueros, Añasco, Cabo Rojo (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km WSW of Rincon, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.8732° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.1805° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 120 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68km 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 2016-07-06 11:38:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-06 16:46:47 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 148 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 4 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.42580144 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 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 pr16188009 Id of event.
Event Code 16188009 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16188009, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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