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Minor earthquake, 3.54 mag has occurred near San Antonio in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.8775S, -67.33WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.54 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: pr2024206000. Event ids that are associated: pr2024206000. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/07/24 / 2024-07-24 04:56:18 / July 24, 2024 @ 4:56 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.54-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:56:18 / 4:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.33 West, latitude 18.8775 North, depth = 8 km.

Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hormigueros, Lares, Arecibo. Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 49 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.54 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.33° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.8775° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49 km NNW of San Antonio, 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 2024-07-24 04:56:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-24 05:23:25 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 193 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 0.4647 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 211 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 pr2024206000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024206000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024206000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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