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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Rincon in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on October 7, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.2119S, -67.7585WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -67.7585° West, 18.2119° North, depth 7 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16281003. Unique identifier: pr16281003. The temblor was reported at 04:17:43 / 4:17 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 07/10/16 / 2016-10-07 09:17:43 / October 7, 2016 @ 9:17 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 7 km (4 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 65 km (41 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Germán, Lajas, Moca (min 5000 pop).

Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 55 km WSW of Rincon, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.7585° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2119° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55km 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 2016-10-07 09:17:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-07 09:51:35 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 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.31441035 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 187.2 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 pr16281003 Id of event.
Event Code 16281003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16281003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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