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Minor earthquake, 3.45 mag has occurred near Guánica in Puerto Rico

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Earthquake location 17.8026S, -66.9595WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.45 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 29/04/24 / 2024-04-29 17:31:25 / April 29, 2024 @ 5:31 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000muzj, pr2024120001. Id of event: pr2024120001. The 3.45-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:31:25 / 5:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.9595° West, latitude 17.8026° North, depth = 9 km.

Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Morovis, Aibonito, Barranquitas.

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.45 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.9595° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.8026° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19 km SSW of Guánica, 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 2024-04-29 17:31:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-30 17:34:39 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 2.211 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 183 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 ,us,pr, 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 0.1871 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 247 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 pr2024120001 Id of event.
Event Code 2024120001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000muzj,pr2024120001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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