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Minor earthquake, 3.28 mag strikes near Dorado in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on October 12, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.056333333333S, -66.217833333333WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Dorado in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 06:01:23 / 6:01 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.55 km (15 miles). Exact location, longitude -66.217833333333° West, latitude 19.056333333333° North, depth = 23.55 km. Event id: pr71462418. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71462418. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/10/24 / 2024-10-12 06:01:23 / October 12, 2024 @ 6:01 am.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Isidro, Trujillo Alto, Corozal (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (41 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 66 km N of Dorado, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.28 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.217833333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.056333333333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 23.55 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66 km N of Dorado, 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 2024-10-12 06:01:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-12 06:20:31 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 166 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7464 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 256 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 pr71462418 Id of event.
Event Code 71462418 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71462418, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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