Strong earthquake: M6.3 quake has struck near San Antonio in Puerto Rico

A earthquake with magnitude 6.3 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.222° West, latitude 19.15° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 03:23:34 / September 24, 2019 @ 3:23 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 23:23:34 / 11:23 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt19267000. Id of event: pt19267000. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 106 km (66 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 118 km (73 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 122 km (76 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 126 km (79 miles) from Dorado (c. 13 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Toa Baja, Dorado, Morovis (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-67.222° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.15° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	73km N of San Antonio, 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	2019-09-24 03:23:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-09-24 03:29:17	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-240	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	8	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	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	613	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pt	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	22	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	165.599986752	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mi	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pt19267000	Id of event.
Event Code	19267000	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt19267000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

6.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-67.222° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

19.15° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

73km N of San Antonio, 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

2019-09-24 03:23:34

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-09-24 03:29:17

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-240

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

3.4

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

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

613

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,pt,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

165.599986752

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

pt19267000

Id of event.

Event Code

19267000

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,pt19267000,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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