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Minor earthquake, 3.23 mag strikes near Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on December 28, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.2135S, -66.536666666667WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) strikes 83 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico (52 miles) on Saturday. Global time and date of event 28/12/24 / 2024-12-28 05:11:21 / December 28, 2024 @ 5:11 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18.86 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 05:11:21 / 5:11 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71469558. Unique identifier: pr71469558. Exact location, longitude -66.536666666667° West, latitude 19.2135° North, depth = 18.86 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.23 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.536666666667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2135° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.86 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 83 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, 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 2024-12-28 05:11:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-28 05:29:15 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 161 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7325 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 272 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 pr71469558 Id of event.
Event Code 71469558 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71469558, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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