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Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 72 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.1215S, -66.1419WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from San Juan in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 01:04:24 / 1:04 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/10/16 / 2016-10-23 05:04:24 / October 23, 2016 @ 5:04 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -66.1419° West, 19.1215° North, depth 9 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16297004. Unique identifier: pr16297004.

Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Antonio, Toa Baja, Ingenio (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Cataño (c. 28 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Dorado (c. 13 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Antonio (c. 6 500 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 0, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 72 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico. This data 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 -66.1419° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1215° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72km N of San Juan, 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 2016-10-23 05:04:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-23 08:25:29 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 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.73751685 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 259.2 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 pr16297004 Id of event.
Event Code 16297004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16297004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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