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Minor earthquake, 3.35 mag has occurred near Vieques in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on May 25, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.977666666667S, -65.502166666667WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.35 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Vieques in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -65.502166666667 West, latitude 18.977666666667 North, depth = 24.12 km. The temblor was reported at 07:28:26 / 7:28 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr71450183. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71450183. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/05/24 / 2024-05-25 07:28:26 / May 25, 2024 @ 7:28 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24.12 km (15 miles).

Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Canovanas (c. 8 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Carolina, Ceiba, Canovanas (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 70 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.35 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.502166666667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.977666666667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 70 km NNE of Vieques, 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 2024-05-25 07:28:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-25 08:14:19 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 173 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.809 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 239 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 pr71450183 Id of event.
Event Code 71450183 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71450183, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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