Minor earthquake: M3.28 quake has struck near Culebra in Puerto Rico

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 20.74 km, -65.380166666667° West, 18.993166666667° North. Unique identifier: pr71456993. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ni6t, pr71456993. The temblor was detected at 14:52:04 / 2:52 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.74 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 05/08/24 / 2024-08-05 14:52:04 / August 5, 2024 @ 2:52 pm UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Loíza (c. 4 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loíza, Fajardo, Luquillo. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 76 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.28 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-65.380166666667° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.993166666667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	20.74 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	76 km N of Culebra, 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	2024-08-05 14:52:04	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-05 15:34:29	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	166	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	10	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.7534	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.99 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	244	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	pr71456993	Id of event.
Event Code	71456993	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000ni6t,pr71456993,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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