Minor earthquake: M3.29 quake has struck near Brenas in Puerto Rico

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 88 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico (55 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.55 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, depth 6.55 km, -66.337° West, 19.268666666667° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/06/24 / 2024-06-14 11:31:22 / June 14, 2024 @ 11:31 am. The temblor was picked up at 11:31:22 / 11:31 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71452593. Id of event: pr71452593.

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 88 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.29 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-66.337° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.268666666667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.55 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	88 km N of Brenas, 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	2024-06-14 11:31:22	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-14 12:02:33	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	11	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.8082	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	293	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	pr71452593	Id of event.
Event Code	71452593	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr71452593,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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