Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Rincon in Puerto Rico

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -67.6989° West, 18.3183° North, depth 9 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/06/15 / 2015-06-29 06:13:28 / June 29, 2015 @ 6:13 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr15180001. Event ids that are associated: pr15180001. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:13:28 / 1:13 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Marías, San Sebastián, San Germán. Epicenter of the event was 60 km (38 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km W of Rincon, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-67.6989° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.3183° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	47km W 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	2015-06-29 06:13:28	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-06-29 07:22:31	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	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	121	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	8	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.2173923	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.43 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	165.6	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	pr15180001	Id of event.
Event Code	15180001	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr15180001,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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