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Minor earthquake 3.57 mag, 72 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.9551S, -65.385WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.57 (ml/mb) was reported 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The 3.57-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:01:58 / 11:01 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mwgz, pr2024126001. Unique identifier: pr2024126001. Global time and date of event 05/05/24 / 2024-05-05 11:01:58 / May 5, 2024 @ 11:01 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -65.385° West, latitude 18.9551° North, depth = 7 km.

The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Canovanas (c. 8 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from San Isidro (c. 8 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Canovanas, Santa Barbara, Charlotte Amalie.

In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 72 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.57 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.385° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9551° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72 km N 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 2024-05-05 11:01:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-10 11:21:05 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 196 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7354 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 236 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 pr2024126001 Id of event.
Event Code 2024126001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mwgz,pr2024126001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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