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Minor earthquake, 3.16 mag strikes near Vieques in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.731833333333S, -65.685166666667WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Vieques in Puerto Rico on Monday. The temblor was detected at 05:54:02 / 5:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 20.54 km, -65.685166666667° West, 18.731833333333° North. Event id: pr71447168. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71447168. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/04/24 / 2024-04-29 05:54:02 / April 29, 2024 @ 5:54 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.54 km (13 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 53 km (33 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cidra, Corozal, Yabucoa (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 37 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.16 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.685166666667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.731833333333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.54 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37 km NNE of Vieques, 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 05:54:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-29 06:11:38 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 154 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.477 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 233 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 pr71447168 Id of event.
Event Code 71447168 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71447168, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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