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Minor earthquake 3.33 mag, 67 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on June 18, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.0995S, -66.7951WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.33 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23 km (14 miles). Exact location of event, depth 23 km, -66.7951° West, 19.0995° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/06/17 / 2017-06-16 18:42:41 / June 16, 2017 @ 6:42 pm. The temblor was detected at 14:42:41 / 2:42 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2017167004. Unique identifier: pr2017167004.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manatí, Barceloneta, Quebradillas. Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. 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: 67 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.33 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.7951° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0995° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67km 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 2017-06-16 18:42:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-06-18 16:32:42 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 171 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7066 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 248 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 pr2017167004 Id of event.
Event Code 2017167004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2017167004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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