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Minor earthquake, 3.64 mag has occurred near Esperanza in Puerto Rico

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.64 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 3.64-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:40:17 / 2:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -65.3771° West, latitude 17.9721° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/10/24 / 2024-10-17 02:40:17 / October 17, 2024 @ 2:40 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr2024291000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2024291000.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cayey, Aguas Buenas, Trujillo Alto (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop).

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 five, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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. 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: 17 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.64 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-65.3771° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.9721° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	17 km SE of Esperanza, 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	2024-10-17 02:40:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-17 03:14:56	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	204	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	19	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.2154	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.22 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	212	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	pr2024291000	Id of event.
Event Code	2024291000	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2024291000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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