Minor earthquake: M3.37 quake has struck near Carrizales in Puerto Rico

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.37 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Carrizales in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The 3.37-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:39:22 / 3:39 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 15 km (9 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/07/24 / 2024-07-02 15:39:22 / July 2, 2024 @ 3:39 pm. Exact location, longitude -66.701° West, latitude 19.039833333333° North, depth = 15 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71454458. Id of event: pr71454458.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ciales, Toa Baja, Vega Alta (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Dorado (c. 13 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 62 km N of Carrizales, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.37 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-66.701° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.039833333333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	15 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	62 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 15:39:22	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-02 17:26:46	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	175	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	0.5829	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.23 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	225	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	pr71454458	Id of event.
Event Code	71454458	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr71454458,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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