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Minor earthquake, 3.03 mag has occurred near Rincon in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on July 4, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.0933S, -67.8355WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 96 km (60 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018185007. Id of event: pr2018185007. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/07/18 / 2018-07-04 15:49:51 / July 4, 2018 @ 3:49 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -67.8355° West, 18.0933° North, depth 96 km. The 3.03-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:49:51 / 10:49 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Añasco, Aguada, Hormigueros. Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 67 km WSW of Rincon, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.03 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.8355° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.0933° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67km 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 2018-07-04 15:49:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-04 18:05:27 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 141 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 6 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7311 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 322 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 pr2018185007 Id of event.
Event Code 2018185007 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018185007, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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