Minor earthquake 3.38 mag, 1 km S of Canovanas, Puerto Rico

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.38 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Canovanas in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 118.67 km (74 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/08/24 / 2024-08-19 04:20:25 / August 19, 2024 @ 4:20 am. Event id: pr71457753. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71457753. Exact location of earthquake, -65.899° West, 18.359833333333° North, depth 118.67 km. The temblor was detected at 04:20:25 / 4:20 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jayuya, Juana Díaz, Estancias de Florida. The epicenter was 25 km (15 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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 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: 1 km S of Canovanas, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.38 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-65.899° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.359833333333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	118.67 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	1 km S of Canovanas, 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	2024-08-19 04:20:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-19 04:45:07	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	176	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	35	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1889	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.28 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	164	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	pr71457753	Id of event.
Event Code	71457753	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr71457753,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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