Minor earthquake, 3.39 mag strikes near Culebra in Puerto Rico

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -65.174° West, 18.638833333333° North, depth 73.88 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/05/24 / 2024-05-19 13:36:03 / May 19, 2024 @ 1:36 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 73.88 km (46 miles). Unique identifier: pr71449398. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71449398. The temblor was picked up at 13:36:03 / 1:36 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Canovanas, Punta Santiago, San Isidro (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km NNE of Culebra, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.39 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-65.174° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.638833333333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	73.88 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	39 km NNE of Culebra, 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	2024-05-19 13:36:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-19 14:18:49	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	177	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	19	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.3518	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.24 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	206	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	pr71449398	Id of event.
Event Code	71449398	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr71449398,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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