Magnitude 5.0 Earthquake off shore between Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico

Is this area starting to wake up, looks like there has been small tremors but nothing that big until now

Magnitude 5.0
Date-Time Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 13:42:32 UTC
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 09:42:32 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 18.986°N, 67.954°W
Depth 33.7 km (20.9 miles)
Region DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
Distances 120 km (74 miles) NW of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
124 km (77 miles) ENE of La Romana, Dominican Republic
199 km (123 miles) WNW of SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico
1466 km (910 miles) ESE of Miami, Florida

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 16 km (9.9 miles); depth +/- 0.6 km (0.4 miles)
Parameters NST=176, Nph=184, Dmin=105.8 km, Rmss=0.92 sec, Gp= 83°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)


Event ID usc000248a


earthquake.usgs.gov...

Here is the map where the quake happen

earthquake.usgs.gov...

It was 5.4 when I looked ... now is reduced to 5.0

5.4

hmmm. RSOE has it listed as 5.1 right now

All these earthquakes are going to trigger something big maybe the world is rearrangeing itself. The slightest change can be catastrophic. My grandpa lives in Puerto Rico i hope he's ok.

USGS Reported


SEXX60 PAAQ 161344
EQIAT1

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
944 AM AST WED MAR 16 2011

...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EVALUATION
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A MAGNITUDE SUCH THAT A TSUNAMI
WILL NOT BE GENERATED. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY WCATWC MESSAGE
ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 5.4
TIME - 0943 EDT MAR 16 2011
0943 AST MAR 16 2011
0843 CDT MAR 16 2011
1343 UTC MAR 16 2011
LOCATION - 19.0 NORTH 68.0 WEST
80 MILES/129 KM NW OF MAYAGUEZ PUERTO RICO
130 MILES/209 KM NW OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO
DEPTH - 27 MILES/43 KM

THE LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE ARE BASED ON PRELIMINARY INFORMATION.
FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV - OR THE PUERTO RICO
SEISMIC NETWORK.


Does anyone monitoring this thread have any insight/knowlege on immediate threat in this region??

I have family and property in Vieques, PR and these two 5+ quakes are worrying me.

They worry me too, as I have close ties with people there and I really was planning on living in the Dominican Republic.

But what do you mean : 2 earthquakes?

On USGS I only see one, what is scary enough.

And then there a smaller quake on the Mid Atlantic Rift, If there is a quake big enough to trigger a tsunami, PR and SD will be hit.

reply to post by notsosunny


My apologies.

On RSOE (For me anyway) there are two quake icons, they appear to be the same event.

In reviewing information from RSOE I'm a bit confused about whether or not these are referencing the same Quake.

The depths of the two are completely different, as are the Magnitudes.

One reported by EMSC and the other is USGS. Interesting nonetheless.

M5.1 - ESMC Reported

and

M5.4 - USGS Reported

So...

What do you think? 2 quakes or 1?

for those concerned with relatives in Puerto Rico that 'quake was at 9 forty something am and i didn't feel it [ i did feel the one around Christmas] no tsunami and most folk here don't know a thing about it i'm first hearing it here

its 2:43 pm now in PR no worries

reply to post by DerepentLEstranger


Thanks for your update.

I'm not so concerned about the actual quakes themselves.....

Just wondering whether or not people are thinking that this area is heating up.

Its been a very long time since I've seen anything close to this magnitude in this area.

.............and another

Shallow 6.5-magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of Puerto Rico

usnews.nbcnews.com...