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Minor earthquake, 3.43 mag strikes near Isabela in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on June 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.906S, -67.073WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 22:50:27 / 10:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.073 West, latitude 18.906 North, depth = 43.68 km. Unique identifier: pr71452793. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000msqd, pr71452793. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 43.68 km (27 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/06/24 / 2024-06-15 22:50:27 / June 15, 2024 @ 10:50 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Utuado, Maricao, Manatí (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 45 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.43 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.073° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.906° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45 km N of Isabela, 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 2024-06-15 22:50:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-16 00:01:50 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 181 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 ,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4103 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 208 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 pr71452793 Id of event.
Event Code 71452793 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000msqd,pr71452793, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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