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Minor earthquake, 3.71 mag was detected near Isabela in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.2025S, -66.9925WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.71 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9925 West, latitude 19.2025 North, depth = 40 km. The 3.71-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:35:25 / 2:35 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2024299001. Event ids that are associated: pr2024299001. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/10/24 / 2024-10-25 14:35:25 / October 25, 2024 @ 2:35 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40 km (25 miles).

The epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arecibo, Hatillo, Camuy (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 77 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.71 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.9925° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2025° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 40 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77 km N of Isabela, 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 2024-10-25 14:35:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-25 15:18:55 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 212 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7445 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 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 pr2024299001 Id of event.
Event Code 2024299001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024299001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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