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Minor earthquake, 3.11 mag was detected near Brenas in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on June 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.133166666667S, -66.421333333333WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Brenas in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -66.421333333333° West, latitude 19.133166666667° North, depth = 21.83 km. Global time and date of event 16/06/24 / 2024-06-16 16:47:53 / June 16, 2024 @ 4:47 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 16:47:53 / 4:47 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr71452838. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71452838. The epicenter was at a depth of 21.83 km (14 miles).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Levittown, Arecibo, Ingenio (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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: 74 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.11 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.421333333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.133166666667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.83 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74 km N of Brenas, 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 2024-06-16 16:47:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-16 17:15:16 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 149 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6606 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 253 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 pr71452838 Id of event.
Event Code 71452838 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71452838, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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