Minor earthquake, 3.17 mag was detected near Carrizales in Puerto Rico

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Carrizales in Puerto Rico on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71453603. Unique identifier: pr71453603. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.81 km (14 miles). The temblor was detected at 06:42:34 / 6:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.696333333333 West, latitude 19.091333333333 North, depth = 21.81 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/06/24 / 2024-06-21 06:42:34 / June 21, 2024 @ 6:42 am.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Vega Baja, Manatí. Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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: 68 km N of Carrizales, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.17 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-66.696333333333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.091333333333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	21.81 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	68 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	2024-06-21 06:42:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-21 06:55:08	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	155	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	13	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.6311	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.32 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	286	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	pr71453603	Id of event.
Event Code	71453603	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr71453603,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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