Minor earthquake 3.49 mag, 116 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.49 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 116 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico (72 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/12/17 / 2017-12-04 08:07:44 / December 4, 2017 @ 8:07 am. The temblor was reported at 04:07:44 / 4:07 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63 km (39 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.1488 West, latitude 19.516 North, depth = 63 km. Unique identifier: pr2017338002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2017338002, us1000bkus.

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.49 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-66.1488° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.516° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	63 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	116km N of San Juan, 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	2017-12-04 08:07:44	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-12-04 08:35:21	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	187	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	15	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.2008	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.66 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	271	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	pr2017338002	Id of event.
Event Code	2017338002	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2017338002,us1000bkus,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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