Minor earthquake, 3.16 mag has occurred near Isabela in Puerto Rico

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.0275 West, latitude 19.151 North, depth = 39.17 km. The 3.16-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:05:43 / 2:05 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/06/24 / 2024-06-12 02:05:43 / June 12, 2024 @ 2:05 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.17 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71452328. Id of event: pr71452328.

Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hatillo, Camuy, Quebradillas.

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

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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. 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: 71 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.16 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-67.0275° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.151° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	39.17 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	71 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	2024-06-12 02:05:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-12 02:30:29	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	16	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.6845	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.14 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	304	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	pr71452328	Id of event.
Event Code	71452328	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr71452328,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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