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Minor earthquake, 3.14 mag strikes near San Juan in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on September 30, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.8215S, -66.075WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from San Juan in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: pr71461358. Event ids that are associated: pr71461358. The temblor was detected at 00:48:58 / 12:48 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 30.42 km (19 miles). Global time and date of event 30/09/24 / 2024-09-30 00:48:58 / September 30, 2024 @ 12:48 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -66.075° West, 18.8215° North, depth 30.42 km.

Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cayey, Humacao, Aibonito (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.14 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.075° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.8215° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.42 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 km N 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 2024-09-30 00:48:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-30 01:06:28 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 152 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5505 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 222 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 pr71461358 Id of event.
Event Code 71461358 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71461358, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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