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Minor earthquake 2.96 mag, 67 km N of Vieques, Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.0208S, -65.7076WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Vieques in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017338004. Id of event: pr2017338004. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/12/17 / 2017-12-04 08:49:21 / December 4, 2017 @ 8:49 am. Exact location of event, depth 42 km, -65.7076° West, 19.0208° North. The 2.96-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:49:21 / 4:49 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Cataño (c. 28 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cataño, Fajardo, Carolina.

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 67 km N of Vieques, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.96 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.7076° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0208° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67km N of Vieques, 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 2017-12-04 08:49:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-04 11:59:00 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 135 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 3 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.2447 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 356 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 pr2017338004 Id of event.
Event Code 2017338004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2017338004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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