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Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 73 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.9612S, -65.2041WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -65.2041° West, 18.9612° North, depth 40 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/05/16 / 2016-05-30 06:36:22 / May 30, 2016 @ 6:36 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16151003. Id of event: pr16151003. The temblor was picked up at 02:36:22 / 2:36 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Culebra (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.2041° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9612° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 40 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73km N of Culebra, 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 2016-05-30 06:36:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-30 07:56:12 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 121 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 6 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.65127858 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.15 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 pr16151003 Id of event.
Event Code 16151003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16151003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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