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Minor earthquake 3.22 mag, 7 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 17.926333333333S, -66.836WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.94 km (8 miles). The temblor was reported at 10:32:53 / 10:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -66.836° West, 17.926333333333° North, depth 12.94 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mvpf, pr71447498. Unique identifier: pr71447498. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/05/24 / 2024-05-02 10:32:53 / May 2, 2024 @ 10:32 am.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Guayama, Cidra. Epicenter of the event was 25 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 7 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.22 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.836° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.926333333333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.94 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km SSW of Indios, 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 2024-05-02 10:32:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-09 12:40:56 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 160 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 ,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.06359 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 186 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 pr71447498 Id of event.
Event Code 71447498 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mvpf,pr71447498, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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