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Minor earthquake, 3.3 mag strikes near Stella in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.2786S, -67.3598WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (mg/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Stella in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 23:00:27 / 11:00 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 154 km (96 miles). Global time of event 11/06/15 / 2015-06-11 03:00:27 / June 11, 2015 @ 3:00 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -67.3598 West, latitude 18.2786 North, depth 154 km, unique identifier, pr15162000. Ids that are associated to the event, ,pr15162000,.

Close countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 25 km (15 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jayuya, Peñuelas, Arecibo.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.3598° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2786° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 154 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km WSW of Stella, 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 2015-06-11 03:00:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-06-11 04:21:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 168 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 7 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.42849639 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 298.8 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 pr15162000 Id of event.
Event Code 15162000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr15162000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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