Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Culebra in Puerto Rico

A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/07/16 / 2016-07-14 02:30:56 / July 14, 2016 @ 2:30 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.347 West, latitude 18.9689 North, depth = 39 km. Event id: pr16196000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00oaa9nm, pr16196000. The temblor was detected at 22:30:56 / 10:30 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Culebra in Puerto Rico (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Canovanas, Santa Barbara, San Isidro (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Canovanas (c. 8 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from San Isidro (c. 8 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days seven hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Canovanas Charlotte Amalie Culebra Fajardo Luquillo Puerto Rico Río Grande San Isidro Santa Barbara U.S. Virgin Islands

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-65.347° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.9689° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	39 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	73km N of Culebra, 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	2016-07-14 02:30:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-07-14 02:40:20	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	1	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	246	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	,at,pr,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	50	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.65666847	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.93 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	140.4	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pr16196000	Id of event.
Event Code	16196000	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00oaa9nm,pr16196000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-65.347° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

18.9689° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

39 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

73km N of Culebra, 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

2016-07-14 02:30:56

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-07-14 02:40:20

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-240

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

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

246

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,at,pr,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.65666847

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.93 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

140.4

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

pr16196000

Id of event.

Event Code

16196000

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,at00oaa9nm,pr16196000,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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