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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Stella in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.2611S, -67.3102WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Stella in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mttd. Unique identifier: us7000mttd. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/06/24 / 2024-06-21 17:43:13 / June 21, 2024 @ 5:43 pm. Exact location of event, depth 90.057 km, -67.3102° West, 18.2611° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 90.057 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 17:43:13 / 5:43 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ciales, Manatí, Juana Díaz (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 9 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.3102° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2611° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 90.057 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km SW of Stella, 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 2024-06-21 17:43:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-21 17:57:15 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 3.519 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 272 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.163 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.39 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 90 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 us7000mttd Id of event.
Event Code 7000mttd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mttd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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