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Minor earthquake 2.82 mag, 52 km WSW of Rincon, Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.1451S, -67.7031WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. The 2.82-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:26:36 / 11:26 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2019154004. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019154004. Global time and date of event 03/06/19 / 2019-06-03 04:26:36 / June 3, 2019 @ 4:26 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -67.7031° West, 18.1451° North, depth 42 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maricao, Las Marías, San Germán (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days three hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 52 km WSW of Rincon, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.82 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.7031° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.1451° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52km 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 2019-06-03 04:26:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-06-03 08:35:18 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 122 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3278 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 296 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 pr2019154004 Id of event.
Event Code 2019154004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019154004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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