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Minor earthquake: M3.11 quake has struck near Carrizales in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.103666666667S, -66.679WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Carrizales in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 18:51:52 / 6:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 20.49 km, -66.679° West, 19.103666666667° North. Event id: pr71454488. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71454488. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20.49 km (13 miles). Global time and date of event 02/07/24 / 2024-07-02 18:51:52 / July 2, 2024 @ 6:51 pm UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vega Baja, Manatí, Isabela.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days eighty-six 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 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 69 km N of Carrizales, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.11 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.679° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.103666666667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.49 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69 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 2024-07-02 18:51:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-02 19:56:43 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 149 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6391 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 279 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 pr71454488 Id of event.
Event Code 71454488 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71454488, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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