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Minor earthquake 3 mag, 74 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on December 11, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.1362S, -66.4489WA minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16346007. Id of event: pr16346007. Global time and date of event 11/12/16 / 2016-12-11 18:44:12 / December 11, 2016 @ 6:44 pm UTC/GMT. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:44:12 / 2:44 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33 km (21 miles). Exact location, longitude -66.4489° West, latitude 19.1362° North, depth = 33 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Dorado (c. 13 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ceiba (c. 6 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from San Antonio (c. 6 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Antonio, Dorado, Ceiba (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 74 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.4489° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1362° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, 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 2016-12-11 18:44:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-11 19:25:57 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 138 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.65936342 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 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 pr16346007 Id of event.
Event Code 16346007 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16346007, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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