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Minor earthquake, 3.16 mag has occurred near Mayaguez in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.225S, -67.1713WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Mayaguez in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2017158004. Unique identifier: pr2017158004. Exact location of event, depth 105 km, -67.1713° West, 18.225° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/06/17 / 2017-06-07 09:04:31 / June 7, 2017 @ 9:04 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 105 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 05:04:31 / 5:04 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 64 km (39 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 4 km (3 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ciales, Manatí, Juana Díaz (min 5000 pop). 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 five, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 4 km NW of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.16 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.1713° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.225° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 105 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km NW of Mayaguez, 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 2017-06-07 09:04:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-06-08 00:42:15 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 154 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0276 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 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 pr2017158004 Id of event.
Event Code 2017158004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2017158004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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