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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag strikes near Rincon in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on February 21, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.1366S, -67.5538WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico on Monday. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:28:42 / 2:28 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr17051007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr17051007, us20008l0h. Exact location, longitude -67.5538° West, latitude 18.1366° North, depth = 136 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 136 km (85 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/02/17 / 2017-02-20 19:28:42 / February 20, 2017 @ 7:28 pm.

Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yauco, Quebradillas, Lares. Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 47 km WSW of Rincon, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.5538° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.1366° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 136 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47km 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 2017-02-20 19:28:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-02-20 23:43:35 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 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,us, 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 0.25601986 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 266.4 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 pr17051007 Id of event.
Event Code 17051007 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr17051007,us20008l0h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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