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Minor earthquake 3.3 mag, 8 km NNW of Dorado, Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.5317S, -66.3021WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Dorado in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Unique identifier: pr16195008. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16195008. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97 km (60 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.3021 West, latitude 18.5317 North, depth = 97 km. The temblor was detected at 18:24:21 / 6:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/07/16 / 2016-07-13 22:24:21 / July 13, 2016 @ 10:24 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maricao, Yauco, Las Marías (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 8 km NNW of Dorado, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.3021° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.5317° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 97 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km NNW of Dorado, 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 2016-07-13 22:24:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-13 23:01:53 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 168 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.22188388 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 190.8 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 pr16195008 Id of event.
Event Code 16195008 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16195008, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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