The 2022 version of the Financial and Social Survey Jamaica (ESSJ) has reported that Jamaica skilled a complete of 414 seismic occasions prior to now 12 months.
The knowledge was revealed on Tuesday.
The survey confirmed that the seismic occasions recorded in Jamaica final 12 months have been 44 fewer than in 2021.
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Based on the survey, on-land and shut offshore seismic actions or native occasions, noticed a rise of 13.0 per cent to achieve a complete of 173.
Experiences are that the month of January proved essentially the most energetic, recording the very best frequency of seismic actions with 26 incidents.
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Native and close to occasions: The place did the earthquakes happen?
Native occasions comprised roughly 42.0 per cent of the annual complete, with a good portion – virtually 30.0 per cent (122) occasions – labeled as ‘close to’.
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‘Close to’ occasions are these detected throughout the coordinates of 14° – 22° North and 72° – 82° West.
The ESSJ acknowledged that every one however one of many eight felt occasions occurred on the mainland, with magnitudes between 2.9 and 4.1.
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