Minor earthquake 3.39 mag, 19 km WNW of Rincón, Puerto Rico

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Rincón in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The 3.39-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:05:15 / 4:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 7.93 km, -67.427333333333° West, 18.393666666667° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.93 km (5 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71455908. Unique identifier: pr71455908. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/07/24 / 2024-07-21 04:05:15 / July 21, 2024 @ 4:05 am.

Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayanilla, Adjuntas, Adjuntas (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.39 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-67.427333333333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.393666666667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.93 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	19 km WNW of Rincón, 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	2024-07-21 04:05:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-21 04:41:21	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	177	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	31	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1774	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.44 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	151	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	pr71455908	Id of event.
Event Code	71455908	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr71455908,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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