Minor earthquake: M3.2 quake has struck near Hatillo in Puerto Rico

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/01/17 / 2017-01-27 07:54:38 / January 27, 2017 @ 7:54 am. The temblor was picked up at 03:54:38 / 3:54 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50 km (31 miles). Unique identifier: pr17027002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr17027002. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8243 West, latitude 19.1795 North, depth = 50 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arecibo, Quebradillas, Isabela. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 76 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-66.8243° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.1795° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	50 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	76km N of Hatillo, 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	2017-01-27 07:54:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-01-27 08:09:38	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	158	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	14	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.75099158	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.47 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	pr17027002	Id of event.
Event Code	17027002	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr17027002,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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