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Minor earthquake: M2.9 quake has struck near Hatillo in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.0592S, -66.7895WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 49 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 05:49:39 / 5:49 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/06/16 / 2016-06-15 09:49:39 / June 15, 2016 @ 9:49 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 49 km, -66.7895° West, 19.0592° North. Id of earthquake: pr16167006. Event ids that are associated: pr16167006.

Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manatí, Barceloneta, Quebradillas (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 63 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.7895° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0592° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 49 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63km N of Hatillo, 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 2016-06-15 09:49:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-15 12:51:26 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 129 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6288207 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 244.8 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 pr16167006 Id of event.
Event Code 16167006 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16167006, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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