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Minor earthquake, 3.12 mag has occurred near San Juan in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on August 11, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.1055S, -65.9315WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from San Juan in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 31.64 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71457238. Id of event: pr71457238. The temblor was picked up at 04:37:14 / 4:37 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 11/08/24 / 2024-08-11 04:37:14 / August 11, 2024 @ 4:37 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 31.64 km, -65.9315° West, 19.1055° North.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dorado, Sabana Seca, Ingenio. Epicenter of the event was 73 km (46 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Cataño (c. 28 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Dorado (c. 13 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Isidro (c. 8 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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: 73 km NNE of San Juan, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.12 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.9315° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1055° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.64 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73 km NNE of San Juan, 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 2024-08-11 04:37:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-11 05:35:07 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 150 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.8052 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 265 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 pr71457238 Id of event.
Event Code 71457238 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71457238, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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