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Minor earthquake 3.06 mag, 71 km WSW of Rincon, Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.1381S, -67.895WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 13:30:23 / 1:30 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 116 km (72 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.895 West, latitude 18.1381 North, depth = 116 km. Event id: pr2018203007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018203007. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/07/18 / 2018-07-22 18:30:23 / July 22, 2018 @ 6:30 pm.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puerto Real, Punta Cana, Rincón (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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 four, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 71 km WSW of Rincon, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.06 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.895° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.1381° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 116 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71km WSW 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 2018-07-22 18:30:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-22 21:18:25 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 144 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 5 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7964 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.36 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 327 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 pr2018203007 Id of event.
Event Code 2018203007 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018203007, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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