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Minor earthquake 3.16 mag, 19 km SSE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on October 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.9495S, -65.3735WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.63 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -65.3735° West, 17.9495° North, depth 9.63 km. Event id: pr71462838. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71462838. The temblor was detected at 18:50:07 / 6:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/10/24 / 2024-10-17 18:50:07 / October 17, 2024 @ 6:50 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guayama, Carolina, Caguas (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 19 km SSE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.16 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.3735° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9495° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.63 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19 km SSE of Esperanza, 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 2024-10-17 18:50:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-17 19:59:31 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 154 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 7 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3664 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 221 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 pr71462838 Id of event.
Event Code 71462838 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71462838, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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