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Minor earthquake, 2.87 mag has occurred near Rincon in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.4536S, -67.4458WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.4458 West, latitude 18.4536 North, depth = 20 km. The temblor was reported at 21:21:54 / 9:21 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/05/17 / 2017-05-26 01:21:54 / May 26, 2017 @ 1:21 am. Event id: pr2017146000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017146000. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arecibo, Sabana Grande, Hatillo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 24 km WNW of Rincon, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.87 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.4458° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4536° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24km 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 2017-05-26 01:21:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-26 23:39:41 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 127 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0768 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 242 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 pr2017146000 Id of event.
Event Code 2017146000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2017146000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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