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Minor earthquake, 3.29 mag strikes near Isabela in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.016166666667S, -67.092833333333WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 36.22 km, -67.092833333333° West, 19.016166666667° North. The temblor was reported at 18:21:18 / 6:21 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71450328. Unique identifier: pr71450328. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.22 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/05/24 / 2024-05-25 18:21:18 / May 25, 2024 @ 6:21 pm.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Añasco, Rincón, San Sebastián (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 57 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.29 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.092833333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.016166666667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.22 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57 km N of Isabela, 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 2024-05-25 18:21:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-25 18:44:49 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 167 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.546 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 216 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 pr71450328 Id of event.
Event Code 71450328 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71450328, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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