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Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag has occurred near Stella in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on December 7, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.248S, -67.477333333333WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Stella in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 08:23:25 / 8:23 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/12/24 / 2024-12-07 08:23:25 / December 7, 2024 @ 8:23 am. Exact location of earthquake, -67.477333333333° West, 18.248° North, depth 119.23 km. Event id: pr71467988. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71467988. The epicenter was at a depth of 119.23 km (74 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 km (22 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Peñuelas, Utuado, Adjuntas.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 25 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.477333333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.248° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 119.23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25 km WSW 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 2024-12-07 08:23:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-07 08:44:41 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 178 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.379 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 294 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 pr71467988 Id of event.
Event Code 71467988 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71467988, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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