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Minor earthquake, 3.5 mag strikes near San Antonio in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.7495S, -67.4176WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -67.4176 West, latitude 18.7495 North, depth = 5 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16151001. Unique identifier: pr16151001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/05/16 / 2016-05-30 06:41:18 / May 30, 2016 @ 6:41 am. The temblor was reported at 02:41:18 / 2:41 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arecibo, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Real (min 5000 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 44 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.4176° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.7495° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km NW of San Antonio, 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 2016-05-30 06:41:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-30 07:22:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 189 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.36830927 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 187.2 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 pr16151001 Id of event.
Event Code 16151001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16151001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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