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Minor earthquake 3.8 mag, 74 km N of Carrizales, Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.1519S, -66.6939WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Carrizales in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/06/24 / 2024-06-05 22:10:52 / June 5, 2024 @ 10:10 pm. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:10:52 / 10:10 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mqkz. Id of event: us7000mqkz. Exact location of event, longitude -66.6939 West, latitude 19.1519 North, depth = 35 km.

Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Vega Baja, Manatí. Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Ceiba (c. 6 600 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 74 km N of Carrizales, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.6939° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1519° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74 km N of Carrizales, 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 2024-06-05 22:10:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-05 22:20:11 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 222 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.689 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 131 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000mqkz Id of event.
Event Code 7000mqkz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mqkz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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