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Moderate earthquake 5.6 mag, 92 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on May 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.2698S, -67.4235WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was reported 92 kilometers (57 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt24136050, us6000mymq, pr2024136000. Id of event: pr2024136000. Exact location of earthquake, -67.4235° West, 19.2698° North, depth 7 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/05/24 / 2024-05-15 00:30:11 / May 15, 2024 @ 12:30 am UTC/GMT. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:30:11 / 12:30 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 113 km (70 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 107 km (66 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Añasco, San Sebastián, Hatillo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 92 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.4235° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2698° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92 km NNW of San Antonio, 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 2024-05-15 00:30:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-16 00:40:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 300 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.4 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 644 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 ,pt,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.8609 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 191 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr2024136000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024136000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt24136050,us6000mymq,pr2024136000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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