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Minor earthquake: M3.22 quake has struck near La Playa in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on May 24, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.222S, -67.217WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from La Playa in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 13:19:42 / 1:19 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/05/24 / 2024-05-12 13:19:42 / May 12, 2024 @ 1:19 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -67.217 West, latitude 18.222 North, depth = 128.38 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 128.38 km (80 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr71448428. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71448428.

Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ciales, Manatí, Juana Díaz (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).

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

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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: 7 km SSW of La Playa, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.22 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.217° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.222° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 128.38 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km SSW of La Playa, 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 2024-05-12 13:19:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-12 13:58:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1329 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 236 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 pr71448428 Id of event.
Event Code 71448428 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71448428, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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