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Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 32 km WNW of Rincon, Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on December 6, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.4787S, -67.5197WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:10:57 / 11:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -67.5197° West, 18.4787° North, depth 18 km. Id of earthquake: pr16341005. Event ids that are associated: pr16341005. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/12/16 / 2016-12-06 04:10:57 / December 6, 2016 @ 4:10 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana Grande, Hatillo, Camuy (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 32 km WNW 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 -67.5197° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4787° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32km WNW 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 2016-12-06 04:10:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-06 07:58:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 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 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 6 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.10150963 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 291.6 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 pr16341005 Id of event.
Event Code 16341005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16341005, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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