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Minor earthquake 3.2 mag, 92 km S of Emajagua, Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 17.1718S, -65.7415WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 92 km S of Emajagua, Puerto Rico (57 miles). The temblor was reported at 15:56:54 / 3:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 26 km, -65.7415° West, 17.1718° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 26 km (16 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/01/17 / 2017-01-23 19:56:54 / January 23, 2017 @ 7:56 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr17023008. Id of event: pr17023008.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 92 km S of Emajagua, 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 -65.7415° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.1718° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 26 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92km S of Emajagua, 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 2017-01-23 19:56:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-23 23:36:09 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 8 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.86238267 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 280.8 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 pr17023008 Id of event.
Event Code 17023008 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr17023008, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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