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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near El Negro in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 17.9153S, -65.6429WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from El Negro in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:49:12 / 6:49 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 13 km (8 miles). Unique identifier: pr16345011. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16345011. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 10:49:12 / December 10, 2016 @ 10:49 am. Exact location of event, longitude -65.6429 West, latitude 17.9153 North, depth = 13 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cataño, Naranjito, Barranquitas. Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 25 km ESE of El Negro, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.6429° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9153° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25km ESE of El Negro, 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 2016-12-10 10:49:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-10 13:52:17 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 8 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.19942599 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 176.4 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 pr16345011 Id of event.
Event Code 16345011 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16345011, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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