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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag strikes near San Juan in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.1303S, -65.9804WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from San Juan in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 24/08/16 / 2016-08-24 03:13:18 / August 24, 2016 @ 3:13 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -65.9804° West, 19.1303° North, depth 42 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16237000. Unique identifier: pr16237000. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:13:18 / 11:13 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Cataño (c. 28 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Loíza (c. 4 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Levittown, Loíza, Cataño (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.9804° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1303° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74km N of San Juan, 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 2016-08-24 03:13:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-24 03:43:41 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 158 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.82195848 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 259.2 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 pr16237000 Id of event.
Event Code 16237000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16237000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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