Minor earthquake, 3.21 mag was detected near Isabela in Puerto Rico

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The 3.21-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:40:22 / 9:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/06/24 / 2024-06-20 21:40:22 / June 20, 2024 @ 9:40 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.05 km (12 miles). Event id: pr71453563. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71453563. Exact location of event, longitude -67.0955 West, latitude 18.948833333333 North, depth = 20.05 km.

Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Lares (c. 7 200 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Marías, Lares, Añasco (min 5000 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 50 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.21 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-67.0955° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.948833333333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	20.05 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	50 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	2024-06-20 21:40:22	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-20 21:53:58	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	159	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	0.45	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.22 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	297	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	pr71453563	Id of event.
Event Code	71453563	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr71453563,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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