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Minor earthquake, 3.22 mag has occurred near San Antonio in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.240833333333S, -67.449666666667WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) strikes 90 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (56 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.23 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -67.449666666667 West, latitude 19.240833333333 North, depth = 9.23 km. Event id: pr71448813. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71448813. The temblor was picked up at 03:53:16 / 3:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/05/24 / 2024-05-15 03:53:16 / May 15, 2024 @ 3:53 am.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 90 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.22 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.449666666667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.240833333333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 90 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 03:53:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-15 04:16:16 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 ,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.8334 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 228 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 pr71448813 Id of event.
Event Code 71448813 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71448813, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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