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Minor earthquake 3.12 mag, 1 km E of Capitanejo, Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.012S, -66.516WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) strikes 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Capitanejo in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.1 km (26 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -66.516° West, 18.012° North, depth 41.1 km. The 3.12-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:50:32 / 2:50 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71460348. Unique identifier: pr71460348. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/09/24 / 2024-09-17 02:50:32 / September 17, 2024 @ 2:50 am.

The epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Isidro, Canovanas, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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 E of Capitanejo, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.12 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.516° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.012° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1 km E of Capitanejo, 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 2024-09-17 02:50:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-17 03:20:04 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 150 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.07418 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 pr71460348 Id of event.
Event Code 71460348 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71460348, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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