Minor earthquake: M3.44 quake has struck near San Antonio in Puerto Rico

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: pr71459593. Event ids that are associated: pr71459593. Exact location of event, depth 29.09 km, -67.542166666667° West, 18.853° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/09/24 / 2024-09-10 03:56:22 / September 10, 2024 @ 3:56 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29.09 km (18 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:56:22 / 3:56 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Sebastián, Quebradillas, Añasco (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-nine 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.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 61 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.44 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-67.542166666667° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.853° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	29.09 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	61 km NW 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	2024-09-10 03:56:22	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-10 04:10:58	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	182	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	8	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.8008	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.29 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	320	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	pr71459593	Id of event.
Event Code	71459593	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr71459593,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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