Minor earthquake, 3.78 mag was detected near Stella in Puerto Rico

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.78 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Stella in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.3118 West, latitude 18.268 North, depth = 88 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/06/24 / 2024-06-21 17:43:14 / June 21, 2024 @ 5:43 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 88 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.78-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:43:14 / 5:43 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2024173000. Event ids that are associated: us7000mttd, pr2024173000.

Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 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 Barceloneta, Florida, Ponce.

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days ninety-two 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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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.78 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-67.3118° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.268° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	88 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km SW of Stella, 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 17:43:14	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-21 18:26:05	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	5	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.519	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	pr	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,pr,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	23	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1746	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.17 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	260	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	pr2024173000	Id of event.
Event Code	2024173000	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mttd,pr2024173000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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