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Minor earthquake, 3.68 mag was detected near San Antonio in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.1261S, -67.2618WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.68 (ml/mb) was reported 72 kilometers (45 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 03:22:16 / 3:22 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 76 km (47 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2618 West, latitude 19.1261 North, depth = 76 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024261000. Id of event: pr2024261000. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/09/24 / 2024-09-17 03:22:16 / September 17, 2024 @ 3:22 am.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hatillo, Camuy, Aguada (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 seventeen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 72 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.68 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.2618° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1261° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 76 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72 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 2024-09-17 03:22:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-17 03:48:37 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 208 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6756 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 232 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 pr2024261000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024261000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024261000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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