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Minor earthquake, 3.45 mag has occurred near Magas Arriba in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.0105S, -66.7646WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.45 (ml/mb) strikes 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Magas Arriba in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 16 km, -66.7646° West, 18.0105° North. The 3.45-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:16:23 / 11:16 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2024294000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024294000. The epicenter was at a depth of 16 km (10 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/10/24 / 2024-10-20 11:16:23 / October 20, 2024 @ 11:16 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cataño, Caguas, Patillas (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 0 km SSE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.45 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.7646° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.0105° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 0 km SSE of Magas Arriba, 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 2024-10-20 11:16:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-20 11:57:56 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 183 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1199 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 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 pr2024294000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024294000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024294000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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