Minor earthquake: M3.44 quake has struck near Luquillo in Puerto Rico

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Luquillo in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 48.44 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/05/24 / 2024-05-25 10:09:07 / May 25, 2024 @ 10:09 am. Id of earthquake: pr71450223. Event ids that are associated: pr71450223. Exact location, longitude -65.474333333333° West, latitude 18.934833333333° North, depth = 48.44 km. The 3.44-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:09:07 / 10:09 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carolina, Ceiba, Canovanas (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Canovanas (c. 8 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 67 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.44 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-65.474333333333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.934833333333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	48.44 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	67 km NNE of Luquillo, 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 10:09:07	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-25 10:53:55	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	182	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	16	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.7594	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.36 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	228	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	pr71450223	Id of event.
Event Code	71450223	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr71450223,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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