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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag has occurred near Indios in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on March 8, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.963S, -66.8041WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/03/25 / 2025-03-08 03:13:12 / March 8, 2025 @ 3:13 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.664 km (12 miles). Exact location of event, depth 18.664 km, -66.8041° West, 17.963° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pxkr. Id of event: us6000pxkr. The temblor was picked up at 03:13:12 / 3:13 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Candelaria Arenas, Candelaria, Dorado (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.8041° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.963° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.664 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3 km SSE of Indios, 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 2025-03-08 03:13:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-08 03:23:58 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 158 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.228 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 181 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000pxkr Id of event.
Event Code 6000pxkr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pxkr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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