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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag strikes near Rincon in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.7224S, -67.5899WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16228004. Unique identifier: pr16228004. The temblor was reported at 01:31:12 / 1:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.5899 West, latitude 18.7224 North, depth = 79 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 79 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/08/16 / 2016-08-15 06:31:12 / August 15, 2016 @ 6:31 am.

Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Sebastián, Mayagüez, Quebradillas (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-eight 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. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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: 55 km NW of Rincon, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.5899° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.7224° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55km NW 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 2016-08-15 06:31:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-15 08:32:58 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 9 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.35213959 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 205.2 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 pr16228004 Id of event.
Event Code 16228004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16228004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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