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Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag was detected near Guánica in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on June 4, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.7327S, -66.8737WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8737 West, latitude 17.7327 North, depth = 19.399 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/06/24 / 2024-06-04 06:07:38 / June 4, 2024 @ 6:07 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19.399 km (12 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000mq71. Event ids that are associated: us7000mq71. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:07:38 / 6:07 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Camuy, Aguadilla, Quebradillas (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 26 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.8737° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.7327° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.399 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26 km S of Guánica, 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 2024-06-04 06:07:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-04 06:17:16 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 178 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.286 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 214 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 us7000mq71 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mq71 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mq71, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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